If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

That it was the Jewish people’s sacred texts—and ethical monotheism itself—that inspired Western civilization is lost on them ...

A battle lasting less than an hour south of Norfolk in December 1775 between British forces and colonial militia was a ...

Retiring in Virginia offers perks like quick access to several major cities and a beautiful landscape, but the financial ...

Historian Elizabeth Ellis is a key player in an exhibition that brings to light the little-known diplomatic history. An ...

Traces of a previously unknown group of people, genetically distinct from their neighbors, have persisted for at least 8,000 ...

In the summer of 2024, excavations along Virginia's Fones Cliffs unearthed approximately 11,000 artifacts—pottery shards, ...

A singular genius, Gehry redefined architecture with joyful buildings like the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and ...

But to millions of Indigenous Americans, the story of Thanksgiving is also closely intertwined with their history of invasion ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed ...

President Trump told Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro he and his family would be allowed safe passage out of the country — ...

Want ads once powered the American labor market, long before digital job boards took over. A Wall Street Journal feature traces how centuries of classified ads reveal the country’s economic ...