Artists Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs are asking $1.25 million for a 118-year-old boat docked at Staten Island.

Rachel Cockerell's "Melting Point" touches on Zionism, assimilation and a short-lived effort to divert Jewish immigrants from ...

The first Greeks who arrived in the New World had to go through Ellis Island, which became the designated immigration station ...

In the 1800s, it was believed that corners harbored disease. Thus, all the hallways of the Ellis Island hospital are rounded.

Ettore Boiardi was interested in cooking from a young age. By the time he was 11, he was peeling potatoes and taking out ...

In the 19th century, debates about contract workers sorted immigrants into "natural" and "unnatural" categories.

Martin Luther King Jr. has a famous quote in reference to the nearly 400-year-long genocide of Native Americans from ...

The Feature Profile Test, in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, was administered to immigrants at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. Those who failed to ...

How can a country that welcomed 12 million immigrants through Ellis Island be so cruel to today’s newcomers? Already President Trump’s determination to deport millions has led to nearly 23,000 ...