Earlier this year, the Merchant’s House Museum in New York made a remarkable discovery. A passageway that had been nestled into a set of drawers was once used to hide enslaved people seeking freedom ...

For the first time in over a century, historians say a new stop on the Underground Railroad has been discovered, fully intact, in New York City. The site is hidden in the Merchant's House Museum, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GOSHEN — The Easter Bunny made its appearance on Saturday at the National New York Railroad Museum in Elkhart. Families were ...

The safe house went by undetected until almost a century later. A hidden safe house once used by the Underground Railroad has been discovered within a famed NYC landmark museum. Inside the Merchant’s ...

Elkhart, Indiana, will host a yearlong celebration in 2026 called ElkhartRail175. The event marks 175 years since the first train arrived in the city on Oct. 3, 1851. Festivities will include ...

There is something deeply human about standing next to a locomotive the size of a house and feeling completely small. Train museums hit differently from most cultural institutions. They are loud with ...