From the Titanic to today’s record-breaking mega-liners, this ranking explores the largest passenger ships in history, from ...

Cruise ships and ocean liners have been a popular form of leisure travel for well over a century, with luxury seafaring still ...

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

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William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president until Donald Trump returned to the White House as his biggest fan ...

What three designers can teach us about the past, present and future of the garment industry in New York City.

These popular theme parks, dance halls and lidos from the golden age of British leisure have been lost for good.

Lincoln was sailing up the Great Lakes on his way home from Congress in 1848 when he witnessed another steamer that was aground. The scene led Lincoln to develop an invention to float ships off shoals ...

Step back in time on Front Street! Lahaina’s historic charm is like a warm hug from Hawaii’s past, with a side of modern-day ...

Let’s start our tour at the heart of it all: the Lahaina Historic District. This National Historic Landmark is like a time ...

Slaves do not own their own labor. The maximum tax rate on a 19th century plantation slave’s labor was 50%, as half of his ...