In the English Countryside, a Cozy Cottage With Worldly Influences

In the sitting room of the interior designers Scarlett Supple and James Thurstan Waterworth’s house in the English county of ...
WHYY

Library Company displays patient memoirs from 19th-century asylums

Patient memoirs of 19th-century asylums tell the good, the bad, and the ugly from the early days of institutional mental health treatment. Before and after photos show women who were given the rest ...
The Conversation

The 19th‑century tumult over climate change – and why it matters today

Back in the 19th century, when tractors were still pulled by horses and the word “computer” meant a person hired to carry out tedious calculations, climate science made front-page news. One European ...
Politico

How a 19th-Century Town Became a New Millennium Marvel

When Hunter S. Thompson came to New Hampshire’s largest city to cover the 1972 presidential campaign, he described it as “a broken down mill town with an aggressive Chamber of Commerce and America’s ...
WBNG

Owego celebrates return of the 19th-century fire steam engine

OWEGO, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Village of Owego is welcoming back one of its heroes. The 1866 Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine is back ...
Time

The Bizarre Ritual of the 19th Century Wedding Photo

Love had little to do with marriage in 19th century America. It was a formal contract, often economical, and romance was generally an incidental perk. After photography grew in popularity, the stiff ...
Bustle

7 Weirdest Murders Of 19th Century England

I have what is probably a not-very-healthy fascination with 19th century crime. In addition to what are generally regarded as the first serial murders (the Whitechapel killings of 1888), the century ...

Travel back to the time of the great Arctic expeditions with a stay in this 19th-century style cabin

HX Expeditions is marking the 130th anniversary of its landmark expedition cruise by unveiling the 1896 Cabin. View on ...
RTÉ Ireland

19th-century church transformed into alternative wedding venue

Living above her family's restaurant throughout her childhood, which, coincidentally, stood just beside the 19th-century church she would one day restore and run, she lived and breathed restaurant and ...