A Russian immigrant recalls passage through Ellis Island as Lady Liberty marks 125 years.
As snow fell across New York harbor, Isabel Belarsky said she clutched her mother, Clara, aboard a passenger ship that puttered toward Ellis Island, and wondered what their new lives would bring.
The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island will undergo renovations totaling more than $27 million beginning in late October, according to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.
It took us hours of heated debate, weeks of research, and years of experience to whittle down America's monuments to a definitive list of 15 musts for anyone under 15. Not only are these attractions fun and (shhhh) educational, they're especially magical through the eyes of a child.
With five chefs left standing, the judges face their toughest decision yet
No offense to the nation's capital, but the landmarks of our heritage extend far beyond the District of Columbia.
Pucker up as we explore 10 smooches that changed religion, art, culture, and history.
New York -- what's not to love about the Big Apple? Well, for a start, the queues. The words "full airport security" quickly become part of your vocabulary when you visit the city that never sleeps.
If you could make an El Nino-style map that registered cultural collaborations in music, that familiar red hotspot might shift from the Pacific to another sea.
A redesigned $10 bill with new background colors meant to thwart counterfeiters was unveiled Wednesday at a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
With rising prices for many travel services, the majority of leisure travelers this summer will be looking for ways to economize, according to the Travel Industry Association of America.
The Statue of Liberty, which has been closed to the public since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, is set to partially reopen on August 3, Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced Wednesday.
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A pain in the shoulder, which stopped David Bowie halfway through his concert in Prague, has now forced the singer to cancel the rest of his European tour, he announced Wednesday.
The Statue of Liberty, which has been closed to visitors since the September 11, 2001, attacks, will be reopened shortly, national park officials told Congress on Thursday.
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Among the scads of interesting materials available for free at the recently updated Ellis Island website (www.ellisisland.org) are facsimiles of ship manifests that recorded the arrival in New York...
Money Magazine: Americanaupdated: Sat Jul 01 2000 00:01:00
$175 Cruise the roads of the Mississippi Delta in a '55 Cadillac. The eight-hour Blues & Blacktop guided tour stops at juke joints and barbecue shacks. See www.americandreamsafari.com.
What a coincidence that your October story on why people live best in the U.S.A. was waiting for my husband and me when we returned from a visit to Ellis Island. Standing in the building there, I'd...
Fortune: Lee lashes backupdated: Mon Mar 17 1986 00:01:00
Lee Iacocca had just been fired as chairman of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Commission, and no one expected him to take it lying down. He didn't. At a press conference the next day...
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