J. Harris Rogers isn’t a household name, but he nearly was. For a brief period in the late 19th century, the Bladensburg inventor was a top rival to Alexander Graham Bell in the race to turn the telephone into a money-making business. Continue reading →

The newest piece of public art on the Route 1 corridor is in Hyattsville and celebrates the late artist David Driskell, namesake of the city’s largest park. Continue reading →

Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, a nonprofit based in Hyattsville, is surveying historic buildings along the Route 1 corridor from Baltimore to the D.C. border to help save them. Continue reading →

In 1957, during her first visit to the United States as a monarch, Queen Elizabeth II made a rare unplanned visit to a home in University Park. Continue reading →

The Riversdale House Museum in Riverdale Park is gaining attention for its efforts to include a more comprehensive view of how slavery worked at the historic estate. Continue reading →

Maryland had its own emancipation day in November of 1864, after Union soldiers helped turn the tide in a state referendum. Continue reading →

When a prominent real estate developer sued a tiny volunteer newspaper in Greenbelt in 1965, the staff went door-to-door collecting donations to hire a lawyer and fought back all the way to the Supreme Court, where it won. Continue reading →