Gregor McGregor orchestrated one of history’s most audacious scams by selling an entire fictitious country called Poyais in the early 1800s, convincing hundreds of settlers and investors to buy land ...

This is the first in a weekly series to be featured every Saturday in The Recorder over the next on the founding of this ...

From unexplained phenomena to baffling disappearances, follow the clues while discovering our country’s treasured protected ...

Steven Downs, a Utah resident, has collected 78 replica colonial flags. The flags, displayed in Hyrum's Elite Hall, span from the 13 colonies to today. The exhibit aims to offer visitors a fresh ...

Colonial Privileges for Thee? A Brit has a question for American radicals Share Resize Listen (1 min) ...

The Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest known schoolhouse for Black children in America, opened to the public as a museum on Juneteenth.

An exhibition at Sterling Memorial Library celebrates the pamphlet-style literary culture that emerged in the markets of Nigeria during the post-colonial era.

A new book unearths never-before-seen maps of Disneyland from the early 1950s. Readers who look closely can spot ideas that were ultimately discarded, including Recreation Land and Mother Goose.

Travel is not always about visiting the best beaches, engaging in wild adventures, and downing sunset cocktails. It can also ...

An overview of how Bermuda’s early colonial government drew up the legislative basis for enslavement on the island has been published in a leading scholarly journal. The work, by historian ...

On Jan. 30, Yale professor Lisa Lowe held a lecture titled “Colonial Histories of the Present,” which navigated America’s history of colonialism, slavery and discrimination to study how each evolved ...

Science Secret in 400-year-old map may have finally solved the mystery of Roanoke By Ben Cost Published Jan. 27, 2025, 1:41 p.m. ET ...