site for processing whale oil, Antarctica On October 18, 1851, a novel called The Whale  by Herman Melville was published in England. It...

Hidden History: Lower Manhattan Walking Tour Saturday, April 21, from Noon-2pm Join James Nevius, author of Inside the Apple and Fo...

On July 20, 1969, the Apollo XI capsule landed on the moon and humans walked on a celestial body for the first time. A few days later, ...

250 years ago, Lieutenant Bernard Ratzer set off across Manhattan and Brooklyn to make the first -- and still, in many ways, best -- comp...

Courtesy of the Library of Congress (To see a larger view of this entire postcard, CLICK HERE .) Today's postcard comes from the ...

THIRD ANNUAL ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WALKING TOUR with JAMES NEVIUS author of "Footprints in New York" and ...

The view south toward Battery Park and Governors Island. Yesterday, we were lucky to be invited to a preview of the new observatory a...

Recently, a reader and fan of Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City , was surprised to discover that we are available t...

REMINDER: Today's the last day to reserve at the $10 discount for our 4/22 tour of Gilded Age Lower Manhattan. All the details can be ...

On Sunday, April 22, 2012, at 10:00AM ,  we will be offering our next public walking tour: Exploring the Gilded Age in Lower Manhattan Re...

photo by wallyg on flickr "There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs—c...

There are a handful of spaces left for our walking tour this Sunday, July 3, at 4:00 p.m. , which examines the history of the Revolutionary ...

Today, the number of shares traded daily at the New York Stock Exchange numbers in the billions. But 180 years ago today – on March 16, 1830...

Today marks the 17th anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing that killed six people and injured over 1,000 more. The plot and b...