Thousands of visitors were left outside the Louvre under its iconic glass pyramid on 16 June 2025 after staff launched a spontaneous strike over overcrowding, chronic understaffing and deteriorating ...

WAGON AND CARRIAGE INDUSTRY. Though Cleveland was never home to the massive wagon and carriage factories found in some midwestern cities, it nevertheless possessed large numbers of smaller firms ...

Former President Biden during a speech Thursday night to mark Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of slaves in the U.S. in the 1860s, blasted “efforts to erase history.” ...

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Discover the Louvre Museum's rich history, cultural significance, and fascinating facts. Explore its transformation from a medieval fort to a world-renowned art institution, home to iconic ...

The John Brown Toll Road carved through Cajon Pass in 1861 and served as the gateway into Southern California for decades. We follow its surviving path, visit pieces of 19th-century roadwork ...

The two-story Italianate-Greek Revival home at 2915 Chestnut St. is a stellar example of the architecture that populates the tree-lined streets of the Garden District neighborhood.

Flint Hills Trails gets better with new bridge Closer to Osawatomie, the trail’s east end offers two miles of riverside cycling along the Marais des Cygnes. “That is a pretty unique area ...

In the 1860s, Sebastian Kneipp, a German priest and naturopath, integrated barefoot walking into his treatments. His book, “My Water Cure,” laid a foundation for modern naturopathy and remains ...

A holiday in Paris without the Louvre? For thousands of travellers, that was the reality on June 16, 2025. The museum's staff walked out, closing its doors to tourists in a bid to protest the ...

Dmitri went on to work in Germany, where he attended the Karlsruhe Congress in 1860, the first ever international chemistry conference. The congress was attended by such chemistry legends as August ...