Sidestep: Adventures Into History on MSN

A Revolutionary War soldier hidden in a ghost town cemetery

Deep in the woods of Harris County, Georgia, we explore the abandoned New Hope Cemetery—once the heart of a thriving 1800s farming community. Among Methodist ministers, Civil War soldiers, and ...
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Oxford American report on Picher, Oklahoma's annual Christmas parade, reviving community spirit in a ghost town impacted by toxic mining.
The News Herald has been documenting Bay County's lost communities, or "ghost towns." Here's an interactive map of over 20 of ...
Five volcanic islands sit in the Mar Menor lagoon in Spain's Murcia region, and whilst they're protected with limited access requiring special boat tours, you can still visit some of them ...
Beneath the sunlit skies of Murcia, the Mar Menor's islands beckon with their haunting beauty and untold stories, a world ...
In "Beloved," Toni Morrison uses allegory and narrative structure to show the ways trauma can disrupt a life. For many sufferers of PTSD, complicated feelings accompany the prospect of relinquishing ...
Productions from Washington Stage Guild, GALA Hispanic Theatre and Keegan Theatre explore what it means for women to be trapped by their circumstances.
Why the "talking filibuster" proposal would waste precious Senate floor time and hurt both parties. A warning about changing Senate rules.
Fighting Souls' roster will be divided into five teams of four characters, but the revealed leaders hint at some roster picks.
I don’t like erasures,” the novelist Toni Morrison told a Princeton audience in 2017. She had been asked what she thought about Confederate statues, then being torn down throughout the South. Leave ...
More than 100 kids received a special Valentine’s Day surprise thanks to many donations to the Medina County District Library.
Civil War general, reform-minded president, and Ohio statesman: Rutherford B. Hayes guided the nation through the turbulent postwar era and left a lasting legacy.