If you have a jar with the initials JM, they made by Johann Maresch (1821-1914) and sell for $300 to $500. Many figural tobacco jars were made in the late 1800s and early 1900s, marked with just the ...

Question: Could you please tell us something about the oak chair seen in this photo? It was in my husband's family for years and passed from his sister to us. When she had the chair, she kept a pillow ...

LANSING, Mich. (WHDH) — People were cleaning out a family member’s house in Lansing, Michigan when they came across a unique discovery last Saturday. The group found what they believed to be a live ...

The Flats were initially established as a residential area for a heavily Irish population in the mid 1800s. Many of the workers that built the Ohio and Erie Canal, which jumpstarted the development of ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, MI -- Each summer visitors are transported back in time to the late 1800s and early 1900s when immigrants first settled along the shores of Lake Michigan. The farmlands that are now ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Public Library stores old photos dating back over a century. Some of these photos include old advertisements showing the price of amusement park tickets to hotel rooms from ...

Henry Griswold Comstock (pictured left) was known as the "Celery King of Milwaukee" in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Celery is green, crunchy and flavorful. But did you know it also has a history in ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on pens and penmanship. As beautiful writing instruments became more available in the 1800s, an interest in creating beautiful penmanship also ...