Three treasure hunters believe that a huge batch of lost Civil War-era gold has been found in Pennsylvania and clandestinely ...

Under 16 tons of granite, a farmer sleeps with a mystery at one of the most grandiose burial monuments in rural America.

How can it be possible that we continue to forget that declaring war, waging war, and glorifying war is a foolhardy game.

Mathew Brady is known for his Civil War photography and groundbreaking work in the field. Read more about the Civil War at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history ...

From the stone circles of the Neolithic through the glories of Rome and the Renaissance to the ravages of the world wars, ...

Located just outside the city proper, Bonaventure Cemetery deserves its reputation as one of the most beautiful final resting ...

Middle Street forms the heart of downtown, its beautifully preserved storefronts housing everything from high-end antique emporiums to delightfully chaotic thrift shops where patience rewards the ...

The Carter House, a historic farm built in 1830 that landed at the center of the Battle of Franklin, is getting an $8.5 million makeover with a new visitor's center. A groundbreaking event will be ...

“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery ...

DARAA – Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the country's 14-year civil war gathered in the city of Daraa on Sunday to urge the newly installed interim government to not give up on ...

Family members hold pictures of their relatives who disappeared in the nearly 14-year Syrian civil war, during a protest calling on the interim government to not give up on efforts to find them ...