For the latter half of the 19th century and up through WWI, there was tremendous growth in the railroad sector, and lanterns ...

Trains may seem pretty mundane in the 21st century when compared with jet aircraft. These days, trains play a small role in transporting Americans. Things are a bit flashier in Europe and Asia ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

Both dismemberment during battle and decay on the battlefield during the often-lengthy interval between death and recovery challenged Civil War-era Americans’ ideas about the “good death.” ...