The 559-yard tunnel carries the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and took five years to build after construction started in 1797. The portals (at either end of the tunnel) are semi-circular arches with ...

EXCLUSIVE: This beautiful medieval city is home to one of the country's most impressive cathedrals, a 'haunted' pub, and ...

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light ...

In a bonus edition of our defence newsletter, Richard Cockett takes us back to 1066—and the Battle of Hastings ...

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

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

While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws officially still ...

At the northern end of Hadrian’s Wall, volunteers and archaeology students uncovered pottery, metalwork, soldiers’ tools, and ...

From Roman ruins to candlelit alleyways, this walled city invites travelers to explore the chilling stories that linger where ...

BBC News reports that an intaglio that may have been set as a signet ring, Roman pottery, military items, jewelry, and a ...

Palaces, cemeteries, jails and even whole villages made the nation's 20 most haunted places, according to a Halloween survey. (file image) ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...