Built in 1897, Kimberly Crest is a testament to the fact that sometimes, reality can be even more fantastic than fiction.

The middle value of all realized prices for an artist's works sold at auction during a given period, providing a clearer representation of typical market values by minimizing the influence of extreme ...

By the second half of the 19th century, the pace of life in Europe had accelerated to an unprecedented degree. Fueled by the Industrial Revolution, the speed and scope of travel increased ...

The Highlanders have the privilege of being Europe's only private army after they were presented with colours by Queen Victoria. Queen Elizabeth II renewed the honour more than a century later.

Brandes was also a keen (and critical) observer of Polish social life and national character ... as one of the important elements of the Polish national character but also an important element of 19th ...

While European colonialism has largely ... Wallace was born in 1823, and his early life in Wales exposed him to 19th-century rural struggles. Historians have noted that Wales was one of the ...

Ever wondered what life was like in the 19th century? Step into the Grosvenor House Museum in Jonesville, Michigan, where history comes alive in a beautifully preserved setting. Welcome to the ...

European society was affected by the Industrial Revolution and by the late nineteenth century and above all the middle classes were gaining greater economic and social power than ever before. These ...

Like some misleading, clickbait title from the 19th century, Cleopatra’s Needles have no connection to the legendary queen.

As white Americans moved further westward into the Nebraska territory after the Civil War, they kept fashioning a new ...

A NEWSPAPER review of this book has come into our possession, which gives the impression that its most prominent feature is the treatment of biological questions such as the Darwinian theory.

Liz Deschenes. Image courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco and Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York The genre of spirit photography—which used photographic tricks to insert ghostly figures among the ...