Mr. Shane, a reporter for The New York Times from 2004 to 2019, is the author of the forthcoming book “Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland.” Thomas Smallwood ...

If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad wasn’t a railroad at all. Rather, it was a fluid network of locations where freedom seekers sought refuge from ...

Constitution Hall in Topeka played a crucial road as the beginning of the Lane Trail on the Underground Railroad.

William Still helped some 800 enslaved people escape to freedom as a Philadelphia conductor of the Underground Railroad. But, his name isn’t as well-known as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass or John ...

DEL MAR, Calif. — An underground railway could become a reality for the North County area, according to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). This comes as officials with SANDAG continue ...

The proposed underground and elevated additions are part of a larger vision to segregate suburban and long-distance train ...

In our Uniquely Kentucky stories, Herald-Leader journalists bring you the quirky and cool, historic and infamous, beloved and unforgettable, and everything-in-between stories of what makes our ...

Drawing inspiration from Mumbai’s underground tunnel road network, the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) ...

A nearly century-old snapshot of the London Underground could be yours – that is, if you have £100,000 to spare. Christie's is set to auction off a rare 1932 draft of the Tube map created by Harry ...