Until recently, the only art on a golf course may have been the ‘art of the swing.’ Now the Workhouse Arts Center offers the experience of an art history-themed golf course; perhaps the nation’s only ...

The hard labor and often cruel conditions experienced by the indigent inmates of London’s workhouses are well-documented in nineteenth-century historical records and popular literature. However, ...

On Monday, July 1, McLean resident Keith Gordon steps into his new position as the President and Chief Executive Officer at the Workhouse Arts Foundation, Inc., which operates the Workhouse Arts ...

A few months in the workhouse is the sentence for a southern Minnesota man who was extremely drunk when he crashed head-on into a Twin Cities airport shuttle and left six people injured including two ...

This video is no longer available. The Smithsonian museums may be closed due to the government shutdown, but that doesn’t mean there’s a lack of things to do around the D.C. area. If you’re looking ...

ST. LOUIS — Police on Wednesday asked for help from the public in investigating the death of a woman found dead Friday in the 7600 block of Hall Street near the site of the city's former workhouse ...

Join us as we explore Victorian England and how the English Poor Laws were aimed to help the "deserving poor," only to be overwhelmed by industrialization and urbanization. Evolving these laws into ...

THE doors of the historic Limavady Workhouse will open to the public on September 18 for a special exhibition which will run to October 4, offering visitors a rare opportunity to step inside one of ...

Sir Tony Robinson visits excavations of the workhouse that inspired Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist'. To find out more, do check out the websites of some of our expert contributors: A big thanks to ...

On a cold November day in 1848, a landlord’s crowbar brigade leveled the homes of 700 tenants in Tonagh, Co. Cavan — a brutal moment in Ireland’s darkest chapter. This is the story of that devastation ...

Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell listens to the closing arguments of the state during the fifth day of her felony burglary trial on Friday, July 18, 2025, at Becker County District Court in Detroit ...