In the 18th and 19th centuries in Philadelphia, people did their “business” in the outhouse located in the yard or alley adjacent to their dwelling. Since there was no regular trash collection, they ...
Friday Arts goes to the Michener Museum in Doylestown to check out a breathtaking exhibit by photographer Steve McCurry. The exhibit will be there July 16th thru October 23rd, 2016. Best known for his ...
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW-TV) — They are digging around in the back yard of a Buffalo home and looking for pieces of the area's past. They call themselves the Western New York Privy Diggers. Peter Jablonski ...
Apr. 26—LEWISBURG — You never know what's sitting just below the surface, waiting to be rediscovered. The Union County Historical Society is about to find out what's underneath the brick and dirt in ...
BRAINERD - "There's somebody home," Mark Youngblood said as he wiped away the dirt from a glass bottle he'd just unearthed. "That means there's a name on it," said Brian Mann, who stood near the ...
Old towns like Litchfield attract collectors and purveyors of history, but the treasure one club seeks is found in an unlikely place. “We’re looking for the old toilets where people go poo,” said Mark ...
HANNIBAL, Mo. -- Deep in the abyss of the earth, lost remnants remain from a previous society, representing the human joy and strife, wants and needs, pain and healing of a population long faded from ...