Earlier this year, the Merchant’s House Museum in New York City announced the discovery of a narrow tunnel hidden beneath a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 19 th-century New York City home that has served as a museum for 90 years was hiding a secret: a passageway that was part of the ...

A piece of Manhattan history tied to the Underground Railroad may come crumbling down — but not without a fight. A proposal to build a 100-foot-high commercial building next door to the Merchant’s ...

This house-turned-museum in New York City has been keeping a secret. The Merchant's House Museum believes this passageway, hidden in a dresser, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. They tell WCBS ...

Production of this article included the use of AI. It was reviewed and edited by a team of content specialists. For those who have spent careers fighting to protect historic structures, the Merchant’s ...

Enslaved Africans with dreams of being free found safety in the heart of NYC. To the naked eye, the 4-story brick row house on East 4th Street is just another of the 19th-century buildings on a block ...