This is an installment in a multi-part series.  Mourning rituals are important cultural markers throughout history. Through ...
The Joplin Historical Neighborhoods Museum, featuring two 1890s homes, the Schifferdecker and Zelleken, will open on April 2, showcasing period furniture, artifacts, and unique pieces from the two ...
Victorian society was full of jobs that feel unbelievable today, yet they were once essential parts of daily life. From rat catchers scrambling through alleyways to pure finders collecting bizarre ...
The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and shipping booms, profound scientific discoveries, and the invention of the ...
In the Victorian Era, if you weren't a member of the aristocracy, your life was probably unremittingly awful from start to ...