Since at least 2013, a rumor has circulated online that illegal gambling dens in 18th-century England hired people to swallow dice in the event of a police raid. In short, there is no credible ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The 18th century was undoubtedly America's most significant period to date. Smack dab in the middle of the Era of Enlightenment, it was a time ...

From runways to museums, the 18th-century icon offers a much-needed dose of femininity and escapism.

Visitors to the Great Bridge Battlefield and Historic Waterways Museum are often offered a realistic glimpse of the lives of 18th century sailors, pirates and privateers, courtesy of the Brethren of ...

Vermont is ripe with history, and you can add the state's oldest hotel into that history. Featuring restaurants and a golf ...

Coggeshall Farm Museum in Bristol, RI, offers a unique look into 18th century farm life with period interpreters.

Big ball gowns, corsets and frilly heels bring us back to the era of Marie Antoinette, as the exhibition “Fashion in the 18th Century: A Fantasized Legacy” opens at the Palais Galliera in Paris.

The 18 th century was, perhaps, the true beginning of the literary era. Before then, most books were completely religious or political in nature. Starting around the time of the 18 th century, however ...

CHM copy 39088020232898 has bookplate: Gift of the Davidson Sterenfeld Family Foundation. While the connected, international character of today's art world is well known, the eighteenth century too ...

The Historic Odessa Foundation hosted a colonial hearth-cooked dinner in the Collins-Sharp House, which dates back to the ...