As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’ Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today ...

Inside the 19th-century Baltimore tradition that stubbornly persists Arabber Keith Chesley carefully fills the horse-drawn cart with vegetables and fruits to sell on the streets of Baltimore.

A 96,000-square-foot potato chip plant is under construction for the Taste of Maine Potato Chip project, which broke ground in Limestone on Thursday.

Play with reproduction 19th century toys and games popular in the past including cricket taught by Tom Melville. Make 1880s “Daylight Fire Crackers” with help from MFH staff, Carter Kreglow. They are ...

The family of a former critical care nurse for the U.S. Navy and LifeFlight of Maine reached out to a newly formed nonprofit in Phippsburg to establish a fund for individuals and families in need.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, June 19, 2025 On June 19, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prayers led by students at public high school football games aren't permitted under the constitutional ...

Many in eastern Kansas are experiencing the annual explosion of hackberry butterflies, which typically perch with their wings folded together. Here they're sunning themselves by opening their wings.

Wool coats and 19th century hats: See costumes soldiers will wear at big Army parade Of the 7,000 soldiers from bases around the world that will appear in the parade, around a thousand will don ...

The state legislature reversed a centuries-old ban that prohibited hunting on Sundays for religious reasons.