On the 200 manicured acres of the Whitney Plantation stands the pristine white main house, built with the blood and sweat of ...

This week, years of effort culminated in a vote by the General Assembly that authorized the commonwealth to acquire a historic home in Loudoun County that will become its next ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Carolina conservation leaders are moving toward a deal to protect more than 700 acres of historic, ecologically significant ...

In the late 1700s and early 1800s water from the mill pond on Goodwill Plantation was diverted through a series of slave-constructed dykes in order to flood the plantation's rice fields. (photo from ...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) — A Lowcountry treasure has been officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The certification comes from the National Park Service at the federal level.

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) — A centuries-old oak tree on Johns Island is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Angel Oak, which is likely between 400 and 500 years old, has been an ...

JOHNS ISLAND — The Angel Oak Tree is now officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places after more than a decade of work behind the scenes. And it’s the first tree to earn such a ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — A piece of Oak Ridge history, stuck in the past, is now serving a new purpose at the K-25 Site. Portal 4 recently went through a year-and-a-half-long restoration through the ...

The road looks peaceful at first. That is where it begins. You turn off the highway, and everything slows down. Long driveways stretch ahead. Oak trees arch overhead. And for a moment, it feels like ...

When the city of Austin released its list of homeless encampments targeted for law enforcement “sweeps,” the Oak Springs tract in East Austin made the list, a decision I find ironic and shameful. The ...

After years of fierce debate, a large-scale Southern California development project seems to have finally moved past its tallest hurdle: protecting one of the world’s oldest trees. Jurupa Valley, the ...

Oops! Something went wrong, please try again later. A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the ...