National Geographic's new documentary film, "Ghost Elephants," follows explorer Steve Boyes' journey to locating the largest land mammals ever recorded.

Experts reveal that Manhattan’s first landmark building, the Merchant’s House Museum, was an underground railroad safe house.

A Times project commemorated centuries of history not by looking into the past, but by exploring the city’s future.

Enslaved Africans with dreams of being free found safety in the heart of NYC. To the naked eye, the 4-story brick row house ...

A museum that bills itself as a time capsule of old New York just turned up a hidden chapter of American history under a ...