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HORICO – Is the Satterlee Clark House Museum in Horicon haunted?Curator Lahnie Neu believes so and invited a team of paranormal investigators to the site in January to check it out. The results of the investigation will be…

After undergoing an interior renovation in 2015, the Buckeye Valley Museum is getting a facelift and will…

The Casa Sanchez building in San Francisco's Mission District is set to become one of the city's first Latin American properties to receive historic landmark status for its contributions to the city and its Latin American community,…

The stately features of a brown brick home perched near a rural road in Northfield Township are so distinctive that passers-by have stopped and snapped photos.Some even park in the driveway not far from an orchard, a hint of its past as…

BACK TO BUSINESS: Now that Quaker Road has reopened, visitors are once again invited to explore the Updike Farmstead Museum at the Princeton Historical Society, inside and out. By Anne Levin After an extended shutdown due to…

RBCM will close its third floor on December 31 for a makeover that is expected to take years. Many who visited the museum last week agreed that the exhibits should be presented in an updated context, but disagreed with their dismantling…

SAG HARBOR, NY - When Storm Ascher, 27, artist and founder of the Overlay pop-up gallery, moved here from Los Angeles in 2019, she was simultaneously struck by the warmth and acceptance of the community and by the fact that she was almost…

Senator Bob Dole had just lost the 1996 presidential election to Bill Clinton, a blow the Kansan and WWII veteran saw coming long before Tuesday's result made it official.Dole's speechwriter knew there was a line that had to stay in the…

Linda leuzzi Victor Principe wrote two books "Images of America", "Bellport Revisited" and "Bellport Village and Brookhaven Hamlet", meticulously researched and very readable volumes with 19th…

City leaders hope to erect a historic monument detailing the history of…

In June, the New York City Public Design Commission made its decision: after more than 80 years presiding over the entrance to the American Museum of Natural History, the bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback and flanked by a…

Mary Hill was curious about the home of her great-grandparents.She visited their Manasquan home when she was younger and now works there as a board member of the Squan Village Historical Society. Today the house is known as the…

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif .-- A century-old building originally used as a laundry by Chinese workers at the iconic Wawona Hotel in Yosemite has been restored and turned into a visitor attraction, recognizing the contributions of…

The statue of Anita May Baldwin at the Le Méridien hotel will be unveiled on Monday, October 25, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Anita is the daughter of the founder of the City, Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin. Renowned artist!--/#postContents-->…

BRISTOL - A monument dedicated to the late Brigadier-General Edward Wozenski, Bristol's most decorated veteran, was unveiled on Saturday, with city leaders, veterans and their families gathering to show their respect. In addition to the…

A Mexican-inspired fiesta may seem like an odd fundraiser for the Old York Historical Society, best known for its colonial-era one-room school, cemetery, tavern, and prison. The inspiration for the Summer Fiesta on the River at Perkins…

CUMBERLAND - Across the ocean, pedestals and columns dedicated to the man named after this town and the largest county in Maine are empty, with the statues long gone. This man, Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, was for a…

Bob Auth said planning the annual Koh-Koh-Mah event this year is a bit like planning a funeral for his best…

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CAPITOLA - The new curator of the Capitola Museum is perhaps a familiar face to people who find their roots, like her, in the old town of retirement. Deborah Osterberg grew up just above Capitola Village, attending elementary through high…

History dominates the city of Lexington, from pre-colonial times to the American Revolution and to the present day. Now, the women behind much of this story stand in silhouette on banners made by local Girl Scouts.Girl Scout Cadette Troop…

BOCA RATON - Boca Raton Historical Society and Museum spent over $ 2 million last year on major building renovations and new museum exhibits.Then museum officials turned around last week and demanded the city pay them back nearly $…

Forget the Marvel Universe crew of misfit space travelers.The Cleveland Goalies, who today are the face of Cleveland Baseball Club, are deeply rooted in the city's history.It's a mere coincidence that these Guardians keep a watchful eye on…

1930s schoolteacher Penelope Penny (played by Pat Power of Coloma) gave children and adults a glimpse of a rural school hall from this period. The historical society of the region of Coloma, in collaboration with the summer reading…

Editor's Note: Each week, TCPalm will feature a historically significant event, place or person from Indian River, St. Lucie County or Martin, courtesy of the County Historical Society. By the late 1800s, much of Florida was still ripe and…

The Bunker Hill monument is well known throughout the state and nationally. The architect of this historic 221-foot-tall icon was Solomon Willard, originally from Petersham. Willard was born and raised in Petersham, where he…

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WKRN) - From a distance it appears as a large crack in the rock on the Cumberland River. Up close it is a National Historic Landmark. Demonbreun Cave was home to Tennessee's first white citizen,…

WATERFORD - He was a Civil War hero, the son of one of Erie's early industrialists and a Harvard-trained lawyer.But many only know him as the namesake of a school in Erie.A group of local historians hope to change that.They will dedicate a…

Late last week, the City's Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced it would permanently rename Willoughby Square to Abolitionist Place and allocate $ 15 million to build 1.15 acres of open space at the site. The name…