The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All ...

In an extraordinary twist of fate, an amateur metal detectorist in England has unearthed a treasure trove of over 800 ancient ...

A new book is exploring how stones act a window into Cumbria and northern England's prehistoric history. The new book, Defined by Stones, from chartered geologist Ian Jackson, delves into Cumbria and ...

The 559-yard tunnel carries the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and took five years to build after construction started in 1797. The ...

The age of armchair travel is over. Set-jetting tourism is reportedly projected to reach significant economic value by 2035, ...

The poor state of the ruins made the idea of keeping them difficult to imagine, as did the relative uncertainty of final costs. While each project is unique, a renovation of an historic building can ...

Disney can make even animated food look mouthwatering, and it helps that most of its concoctions are based off of real dishes -- here's the story behind some.

The Pankhurst Museum in Manchester is celebrating Hop Tu Naa in honour of Sophia Goulden, who was born on the island in 1833.

Meg Wolitzer wrote her first novel, Sleepwalking, when she was still an undergraduate at Brown University. The book focuses on three college students, and their shared fascination with poetry and ...

You’ve heard of Mayan cities of gold. You’ve heard of Aztec blood-filled temples. So why haven’t you heard about the sprawling structures of North America’s Cahokia?

As soon as Abraham Van Helsing understands the danger in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, he gathers together his allies to explain ...