A Midtown Manhattan anomaly, the Argosy Book Store continues to thrive thanks to the dedication of the three women who have presided over it for decades.

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

Some of the oldest U.S. roads still in use today include the Boston Post Road, the Old Mine Road, and the Old Albany Post ...

The very first ready-to-eat cereal was Granula, created in 1863 by Dr. James Caleb Jackson, a health reformer who ran a spa in New York called the Jackson Sanatorium. Jackson believed diet played a ...

For decades, researchers seeking to understand global climate change have analyzed ice cores drilled deep within the ...

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study.

After more than three decades at the helm of one of the area's oldest candy shops, the owners of Schimppff's Confectionery ...

Nigel Brown has built up a collection of nearly 2,000 Ordnance Survey maps over 60 years - but he admits he will probably ...

A vibrant and “unspoilt” location in the edge of the Yorkshire Dales is said be turning into quite the food scene, according to culinary experts.

The story of Australia and its peoples is vast and deep. It's one you should know, but possibly one you've never been told. Well, not like this anyway.

A 4000-year-old ancient Egyptian text illustrates the oldest map of the underworld in existence. In 2012 archaeologists opened a burial shaft in the Middle Egyptian necropolis of Dayr al-Barsha and ...