"Le Désespéré (The Desperate Man)" by Gustave Courbet returns to Paris this month. Let's unpack the mysteries surrounding ...

Welcome to the complete History of Prussia. Aside from the political and military history that stands central to this series, ...

Welcome to House of History. In a study of the relationship between Frederick William, ‘the Soldier King, and his son ...

The other day, while I was searching my office archive for information on fresh water fishes in streams of the Virgin Islands ...

A southwest town has a fascinating past under a different name that many may not know. More than a century ago, the Town of ...

The second annual Krampus Parade will return to the historic King William District in San Antonio on December 5 and begin at 7:30 p.m. Organizers said in the announcement the parade is free and family ...

Anna Kliest Gambold (1762-1821) was one of the outstanding female figures of Moravian Bethlehem. Growing up in the Single ...

Luna Stage in West Orange, NJ is presenting Jenny Lyn Bader’s Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, directed by Ari ...

In 1793, during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded.

Armin E. Mruck, a Towson University history professor who survived World War II and devoted his career to connecting students ...

In the early 1870s just about nobody in Allentown was more respected than banker William Blumer. But behind the scenes things ...

One idyllic, historic village in South Australia will transport you to Bavaria, and it's less than an hour from the capital ...