The Catherine Furnace is all that’s left of a large operation the Confederacy used to melt iron and make cannonballs.

The Virginia Museum of History and Culture (VMHC) is unveiling a new exhibit called “Un/Bound: Free Virginians, 1619-1865,” which tells the stories of free Black Virginians from the ...

In the days before modern plumbing, water was stored in a tank in the attic. Today, the house retains its original woodwork and other historical elements, but its granite kitchen counters and ...

"It was a wonderful life growing up in Sterling." Now, that rich history and community identity ... researchers created a "gentrification heat map" that meticulously records how growing ...

By David Yaffe-Bellany and Eric Lipton Reporting from Sterling, Va. President Trump gathered ... as protesters outside condemned the event as a historic corruption of the presidency.

The final step was connecting geography to geopolitics and the study of geography led to my fascination with maps. The book “A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps” by Tim Bryars and Tom ...

The last time a Democrat won the district — three years before the Virginia Supreme Court redrew the maps — was in 2018 ... in the storm that is the Trump-Musk administration.” The historic sweep ...

A Stafford man with multiple DUI convictions started his Saint Patrick’s Day celebration early—and landed in jail—after deputies say they found him passed out behind the wheel of a Mercedes, clutching ...

More than 80 applications were submitted for the Virginia Museum of History & Culture‘s (VMHC) Commemorating America’s 250th Anniversary initiative. Eleven Virginia-based historical societies ...

Imagine a place where history whispers from every cobblestone, where rivers converge like old friends, and where time seems to have hit the snooze button. Welcome to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ... t ...

Picture this: you’re strolling down a street that looks like it was plucked straight from a history book, but instead of cholera, you’re armed with a smartphone and a hankering for adventure. Welcome ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 30 °F (-1.1 °C). Cloudy with a high of 33 °F (0.6 °C) and a 68% chance of precipitation. Winds from ESE to SE at 4 to 9 mph (6.4 to 14 ...