Museum Review: Where Lincoln Sought Refuge in His Dark Hours
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The Lincoln Cottage's power is the power of association, its contact with a historical presence; we literally walk in a great figureâs footsteps.
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Fifteen years after the fall of the  Berlin Wall, a private museum is rebuilding a 200-meter section  close to Checkpoint Charlie, the famous Cold War border  crossing, to satisfy tourists who flock to the site.
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The City of Light harbors a city of darkness, a vast network of subterranean tunnels that once gave refuge to bandits, smugglers and saints, and cradles the bones of some 6 million Parisians. Today, this eerie maze is the haunt of living spirits, from youths looking for adventure to urban explorers carving out a new frontier.
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Cincinnati's new National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is shaping up to be the critical whistlestop in the battleground state of Ohio. Both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry visited the museum this week.
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The Smithsonian Channel debuts this week after a 10-month delay, bringing the sights of tiny bats, airplanes and Abraham Lincoln's last photos into high-definition sharp focus in a deal with DirecTV.
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Archaeologists unearthing the remains of George Washington's presidential home have discovered a hidden passageway used by his nine slaves, raising questions about whether the ruins should be incorporated into a new exhibit at the site.
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Douglas L. Wilson looks at the role that writing played in the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who used his eloquence to transform how Americans thought about their country.
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The heady show of African art at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art is a joy to the eye. But more important, it introduces us to an Africa and an Islam we don't know.
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Part of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington has been evacuated and closed to tourists after suspicious items were found, a park police officer said Monday.
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For two months, this historic city of commerce and culture was a "no-go" zone for American troops, firmly in the grip of religious extremists, some linked to al-Qaida. During that time, residents say they endured a reign of terror, where gunmen snatched men from their homes and killed at least 10 of them as American spies.
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Democratic Sen. Barack  Obama opens his 2008 White House run on Saturday in a setting  rife with symbolism and historic links to Abraham Lincoln's  fight to end slavery.
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The museum aims to insert peace into a culture that glorifies martyrdom.
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Avoiding an alleged murder plot in Baltimore, President-elect Lincoln took a night train and sneaked into a Washington hotel at dawn, 10 days before his inauguration.
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"Land of Lincoln" (Atlantic Monthly Press. 272 pages. $24) &#151; Andrew Ferguson: Everyone knows about Abraham Lincoln: 16th president of the United States, saved the Union, freed the slaves. And, oh yes, war criminal, depressive, secular saint, homosexual and business management guru.
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After 36 hours of what seemed like 19th-century living, a reporter emerges with a better understanding of how fragile America's infrastructure is.
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An American institution is in danger of fading away.
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"Field research" projects often require scientists to endure discomfort and danger to get where they need to be, but not many can trump this summer's expedition to what may be the world's most inaccessible human fossil site, a cave in the foothills of Romania's Carpathian Mountains.