For Black History Month, Automatticians honor the people who’ve made a difference in their lives.

From The Golden Girls to 17th-century London, these stories explore the rich layers of queer history.

Nothing humanizes a historical figure like learning about their quirks.

Writer and historian Ann Foster takes us on in-depth Tudor time travels, picking apart convoluted family trees and 16th-century political intrigue with ease and wit.

Real or fictional, maps don’t just represent space — they also make storytelling possible.

Genealogists are coming together this week at RootsTech, a conference exploring family history and technology. Here’s a look at a few genealogy blogs on WordPress.com.

A roundup of some of the best longform storytelling recently published on WordPress.

A look at bloggers and photographers who document the disappearing traces of everyday 20th-century life.

Erik Kwakkel, a book historian in Leiden, Netherlands, talks about his passion for medieval books and the benefits of blogging.

Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty, who blogs at Afroculinaria, talks about exploring his identity through food and his forthcoming book, The Cooking Gene.