Explore the epic rise of New York in just 12 minutes from its Dutch colonial roots to becoming a global powerhouse. This fast-paced journey covers the key moments, people, and forces that shaped the ...

A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...

Author Russell Shorto, in his book “Taking Manhattan,” described the negotiations between Dutch Director General Peter ...

The vibes around the Canada national team could not be better as they take on Curacao in the second group stage match at the ...

Camden, SC, house built in 1890 offers blend of old charm and modern features reflective of the town's historic character and ...

New Jersey’s exceeding diversity reaches beyond its terrains, populations and cuisines, extending to its beautiful historic ...

I wanted to see old New York, the earliest New York, the Lenni Lenape land of Mannahatta (“island of many hills”), the 1624 ...

Early settlers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony were not interested in religious freedom. They created a theocracy—a society led and bound by the rules of one religious sect.

The transfer of power from the Dutch to the English was more like a strategic merger, historian Russell Shorto contends.

Are you thinking of adding Connecticut to your vacation itinerary, but aren't sure what to plan for? In this article, Anastasia Healy (who wrote an actual book on Connecticut travel) shares her ...

In 1664, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Royal Navy sailed to the region, and Governor Peter Stuyvesant had no choice but to surrender the colony to the British. Its capital, New Amsterdam, was ...

I read The New York Times daily as a barometer - as a farmer would heed a bellwether, or an old-fashioned European anthropologist would stare at the behaviour of a faraway tribe - to see which way ...