But a more recent innovation was causing an even bigger stir: the Garis-Cochran Dishwashing Machine, the only device in the massive hall invented by a woman. Over 200 dirty dishes could be loaded into ...

A Spanish civil servant, Joaquín García, managed to avoid work for at least six years—possibly up to 14—while still receiving his salary. According to The Guardian, his prolonged absence ...

The past has been marked by periods of acceptance and intolerance of women’s bodily autonomy. Can it offer lessons for today?

It’s a building steeped in history from a time when witchcraft was considered a real threat and a candle would be the only ...

CAMERA crews have been spotted at a country manor in South Gloucestershire rumoured to be filming for a popular TV drama. Pictures show crews on-site at Dyrham Park, believed to be filming the fourth ...

Day, celebrated annually on April 1, is a day dedicated to pranks, laughter, and surprises. People around the world take part ...

Maryland is the most recent state to introduce legislation to exonerate those convicted of witchcraft centuries ago. But why ...

As part of the 250th celebration in Washington County, The Washington County Historical Society will host historian Eric ...

Complaining to James Monroe around 1780 about what he considered to be the cause of a deterioration in American politics, the English-born Maj. Gen. Charles Lee of the Continental Army told the ...

Amid rising water levels, some of the country's oldest and most valuable historical artifacts are at risk of being lost ...