The latest gift — $10 million to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation, near Charlottesville, Va. — was announced Friday night at a dinner there.

In the second of two episodes, Code Switch co-host B.A. Parker is figuring out what kind of descendant she wants to be. Parker and her mom decide to go back to the plantation where their ancestors ...

Authorities responded to reports of a person "stuck in a clothing donation drop box" in Plantation, about 30 miles north of Miami, in the morning of June 27, ...

The historic Nottoway Resort, Louisiana's largest antebellum mansion, was destroyed by fire Thursday. Ten fire departments fought the blaze at the 166-year-old landmark.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Archaeologists have excavated an area of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello mansion that has astounded even the most experienced social scientists: The living quarters of ...