Early American currency wasn’t always American. Up until 1857, foreign coins were accepted as legal tender because there weren’t enough domestic coins to go around. Another result of the shortage: To ...

It was a simple sugar cookie made with only one spice: ground coriander.   It sounded easy enough, and, after watching loads of TikTok and YouTube videos from EatsHistory, Cooking with ...

For most of the early decades of U.S. history, the styles of homes built in this country were inspired by European ...

A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median construction year of 1996, Colonial homes have also proven to be a solid ...

From St. Augustine to New York, explore America's oldest cities where colonial history, architecture, and modern life ...

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington Inn and Estate east of Port ...

American Colonial Revival homes, with their symmetry, stability and lines as old as our nation itself, evoke a sense of history, tradition and homeyness — sort of like the comfort food of American ...

At the beginning of the 1700s, newspapers were a fairly new concept in the American colonies. But by the end of the century, they had truly become the mass media of the day, with growing influence in ...

The musical compositions created between the 16th and 18th centuries in various American countries represent an essential part of the varied facets of the history of the New World culture: religious ...