Some people leave a mark on history. Others help shape the future of an entire nation. In this video, we’re looking at 20 of ...

Horace Mann recognized the top teacher and administrator in District 186. The Springfield-headquartered group has given out the awards since 1988. Also recognized were 'Rising Stars,' top teachers ...

We’ve rounded up the oldest bars in every U.S. state, and boy do they have a story to tell. Some served as meeting places for ...

In an extraordinary episode in U.S. migration history, Los Angeles police stopped fellow Americans from crossing state lines into California.

Some destinations are worth working for, and Carter Overlook in Charlottesville, Virginia falls squarely into that category. The hike to reach this mountain viewpoint isn’t grueling, but it’s ...

The design is one of several coin denominations, and the third of five new quarters, made specially for the country’s ...

Historians and scholars continue to debate Thomas Jefferson's original intent behind the phrase "all men are created equal." ...

If Meriwether Lewis and William Clark hadn’t gone up the Missouri River in 1804 and then down the lower Columbia River in ...

Like Americans today, the people living in the United States in 1826 were preparing to celebrate a milestone for their country. July Fourth of that year marked the 50th anniversary of the Declaration ...

From the Battle of Bunker Hill on, Connecticut and its people played prominent and pivotal roles in the Revolution.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first baby boomer on the Supreme Court hit a milestone on Thursday, becoming the second-longest serving justice in history at a time when his influence has never seemed greater.