Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a frozen shoreline in what’s now Japan or Russia, staring east across the gray ...

The Richland Early American Center for History invites the public to discover life in the early America during the 18th and 19th centuries from living historical reenactors at American Heritage Days ...

Recent archaeological discoveries across the Americas are reshaping our understanding of ancient history. At the forefront is ...

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment celebrates the popular literature and authors published in America before the Civil War began in ...