ByGone Muncie: Hallowe’en in turn-of-the-century Muncie

We ought to recess from noon on Halloween until sundown on Nov. 2. Our ancestors once gave the holiday its due.

Hidden cave with boozy past hits the market

KINGSTON — Along a rock-faced escarpment at the northwestern corner of McEntee and Hone streets in the Rondout neighborhood ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

National Grange a late 19th-century force in Arkansas

In December 1867, Oliver Hudson Kelley, a former clerk in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and six other men founded the National Grange of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry in Washington.
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Earth Matters: What, who lies beneath the dog park: Exploring Northampton’s Cemetery Hill, its legacy

At the unofficial Northampton dog park on Burts Pit Road, tiny rocks trickle down the steep walking trail, followed by dogs of all sizes panting their way into the forest. As the trail levels out, the ...
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Architect’s 19th Century Apartment Restoration, Barcelona - 60sqm/645sqft

Drawn to the features of late 19th-century Barcelona modernist architecture in the apartment, architect and owner Carlota Siverio preserved elements such as the door, tiles and windows whilst adding ...
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You Can Spend the Night in a Recreated 19th-Century Cruise Ship Cabin

HX Expeditions is offering a recreated 19th-century cabin experience aboard the MS Fridtjof Nansen in 2026 to celebrate its ...
Brownstoner

Parties, Gossip and Too Much Brew: How 19th Century Brooklynites Celebrated the New Year

Editor’s note: This post has been updated. Read the original post here. For those following the Gregorian calendar, and that’s most of us, that magic moment when the old year ends in the last seconds ...