Michael Hiltzik tells California's story with a journalist’s reluctance to take anything at face value and a distrust of ...

This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

Workers uncovered elaborate frescoes hidden behind a mantel in a church. The glittering works of art are revealing more about ...

Check out these photos Twin Blends researched at the Northwest Louisiana Archives at LSUS by photographer R.B. Talfor.

In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...

Historical mysteries give readers the gift of time-travel. An invitation to experience the sights, sounds, people, landscapes and atmosphere of another era altogether, and murder makes for the perfect ...

One is bound to develop a profound sense of appreciation for movies set in a different period in history simply because of the visible effort put into them. Recreating a specific period in time, now ...

Three people have died after a historic snow storm unleashed across approximately 1500 miles of the southern US Tuesday, blanketing large parts of Texas, Louisiana and Florida. The rare storm ...

Historical accounts of foodborne illness date back to antiquity. The first suggested documented case of a known foodborne illness dates back to 323 B.C. According to doctors at the University of ...