In 1819, after building three sections of the Erie Canal, Joseph Miller decided to purchase 102 acres of land from Jacob and ...

We're less than 50 days out from the official start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and first responders and ...

From Winston Churchill to Mark Twain and beyond, a written picture of the past is on full display inside the National Canal Museum in Easton.

Mount Dora is Florida’s master class in delightful contradiction – a town with actual hills in a famously flat state, ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed ...

When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, it was an immediate success and led to the growth of the Empire State. A new series dives ...

Hamilton Public Library exhibit explores human impact on Cootes Paradise, from environmental damage in the 19th century to ...

As the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal is celebrated this year, five local historical groups are sharing its ...

In a peculiar twist of history, a ghostly insult may have cost the city of Columbus a public park in the late 1800s.

If China’s alleged influence over the canal wasn’t halted, Trump threatened to “take back” the iconic waterway that the US returned to Panama in 2000, employing military force if needed.

The Trump administration announced major moves in the Panama Canal this week, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explaining Thursday that the deals are a means of serving American interests and ...

"There are hundreds who make, chemically, faultless photographs," he asserted, "but few make pictures." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, William L. Schaeffer Collection Railroad Worker with Wye ...