The UK's oldest working steam locomotive – Furness Railway No. 20 – will be appearing at a huge exhibition of trains and ...

By the 1860s, steam power and coal became vital, further advancing industrialization and transforming America into a manufacturing powerhouse. Keywords Industrial Revolution, early American ...

Given the oppressive conditions under which they lived and worked, it’s hard to imagine how 19th Century Irish immigrants had time to volunteer as firefighters. Yet, they did, according to ...

Only three miles from Main Street in downtown Breckenridge there is a backcountry trailhead that follows the colorful town’s ...

A man who was clearly not a fan of a catchy book title, he told his story in his memoir: My Life in Many States and Foreign ...

Inland navigation on Gangetic rivers was a lengthy and risky business — until the arrival of William Tolly, an officer of the ...

UK rail is once again in the spotlight as the country marks the 200th anniversary of the world’s first public railway this year. Pay tribute to those early pioneers by riding the UK’s most scenic ...

Marietta has been spared the horrors of war. War came close when Confederate General John Hunt Morgan led 2,500 cavalry on a ...

This eerie town sits above a coal mine fire that has been continuously burning for well over half a century and has been ...

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

Official markers are an important element in telling Wisconsin's story. Placed on the very landscapes significant events ...