Despite being fictional, The Gilded Age is deeply informed by history. The series highlights several real historical events. Many of its characters are inspired by real people. Well-known figures like ...

During the Colonial era, tea was often a staple of polite society. It was served with morning breakfast as well as at afternoon and evening social events.

The very first auction that Christie’s conducted, back in London in 1766, was a single-owner collection sale of objects only identified as “the property of a Noble Personage (Deceas’d).” Presumably, ...

Kate Middleton wore the $135 million Lover’s Knot tiara—once beloved by Princess Diana—to a recent state banquet.

In 1871, noted suffragist Susan B. Anthony traveled to Olympia and became the first woman to address the Washington Territorial Legislature.

David Gergen, 83, a political insider who advised four former US presidents, died in Massachusetts on July 10.

President Donald Trump said his administration will take "historic action" to prevent another devastation like the Texas flash floods.

ELIZABETH ECONOMY is Hargrove Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. From 2021 to 2023, she served as a senior adviser on China policy at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Before ...

With roots dating back to the Domesday Book, this nearly 1,000-year-old UK estate includes a secret underground passage way ...

She spoke multiple languages, defeated Spain’s powerful navy, and never accepted a marriage proposal. Discover more fascinating facts about Queen Elizabeth I and her reign.

Step into the past with historic homes lovingly preserved in original detail, offering glimpses of timeless architecture and ...