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.

Mapmakers of the 19th century sought to render both the natural and political worlds with clarity and beauty.

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 ...

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 ...

In a new paper in Science, experts from the University of Chicago describe steps that took place some 66 million years ago to ...

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 ...

At 80 years old, Betty Kellenberger recently became the oldest woman to ever hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

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.