An accidental discovery is shedding new light on a vital piece of American history.

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

Hidden under a built-in dresser in a former home in the East Village is a narrow crawlspace, which historians have recently ...

A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum had long been a mystery. Then researchers learned that the home’s original builder was an abolitionist.

The Merchant’s House Museum in NoHo has unveiled a hidden passage inside a seemingly ordinary piece of furniture. Museum ...

Secret passageways, trap doors and hidden rooms were standard in some of your favorite mystery series – like "Scooby-Doo" or Nancy Drew. You probably saw them coming. But in real-life, you'd never ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The door appears to be the height of the wall and hidden behind a mirror. The room it’s in has a fireplace, a sprawling rug and ...

There’s no shortage of interesting facts about Buckingham Palace. For instance, there are 240 bedrooms, 188 of them for staff. There’s also a personal ATM, movie theater, doctor’s office and, arguably ...