When Vollis Simpson created his first kinetic motion machine as a pilot during World War II, he likely never envisioned one day his whirligig sculptures would be such a central part of North Carolina ...

Preservationists at the historic Merchant's House Museum found a hidden room and tunnel, evidence of a stop on the Underground Railroad. While this 19th-century mansion is famous for its preserved ...

This spring, the Library launched Uncovering Hidden Narratives, an online learning module that makes the Institute’s history more accessible. It originated from one student’s question about her family ...

When people take their boats out on the waters of Jordan Lake, they may not realize they're floating above an entire buried community, including homes, farms, foundations and even graveyards. Sitting ...

Indigenous children forced to assimilate to white ways of life. It’s called the “Hidden History” in America: Federal Indian boarding schools where indigenous children were forced to assimilate to ...