History

A set of 13th and 14th century standardized bread measures.

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.

Visit the remains of a notorious Victorian-era correctional facility.

Tampa’s most famous native royal comes alive in a duo of arresting bronze statues.

A well-preserved, 19th-century Irish workhouse recounts a grim time in the country’s history.

Imitations of Chinese coins were minted here for foreign trade before Japan got its own currency.

Visit a section of the historic wall that once divided Berlin in the heart of Columbus, Ohio.

Celebrating the man behind the Mangrove, a restaurant that became a crucial hub for Black activism in London.

The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.

Did the word “hardscrabble” originate from an 18th century Delaware fistfight?

This grassy field marks the site of a surprising religious conflict.