Gurda grew up on South 34th Street, just blocks from the cemetery, and recalled the landscape of his childhood stretching ...

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

A recent online poll found that Kentuckians want their ashes scattered at Old Fort Harrod State Park (100 South College Street). A survey conducted by Choicemutual.com, a life insurance agency, asked ...

The church’s gold-leaf ceiling is said to have been made from a batch of the precious metal brought back from the New World by explorer Christopher Columbus. Francis returned there at key ...

It is the burial place of Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini. A spiral staircase named after him connects the five floors of a building attached to the church.

Breaking with tradition, the pontiff, death at the age of 88 was announced on Easter Monday, chose a burial site outside the Vatican – the first pope to do so in 120 years.

Felicia Verawati, a 35-year-old nun from Indonesia, prayed in silence in front of the wooden box protecting Francis’ tomb. “To me this pope was very special,” she said.

Below, you can read a small snippet about each of the Freedom Trail’s 16 stops. I’ve included photos of my favorite can’t-miss landmarks. All 16 stops on Boston’s Freedom Trail Boston Common Boston ...