It’s a sepia-toned present-day image of Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman, a couple who are, in their own words, “engaged in a long-term experiential study of culture and technologies of the late 19th ...

Ruth Goodman is a rare person. She has not just researched the Victorian era, she has lived it. She has sewn its clothes, lived its conditions and done its work. Yes, she has washed floors in an ...

The Victorian era can feel like a different world entirely, strange, elegant, and sometimes downright unbelievable. That’s what makes it so fascinating. These vintage photos and stories capture ...

British social historian Goodman reveals what life was like in the Victorian era in a manner most readers have likely never encountered before: by personally subscribing to Victorian mores and way of ...

Victorian society was full of jobs that feel unbelievable today, yet they were once essential parts of daily life. From rat catchers scrambling through alleyways to pure finders collecting bizarre ...

Brush your teeth with soot, stay away from water, wear a steel corset. We’ll talk with the author of “How to Be A Victorian.” Strange ways from another age. Frederick Daniel Hardy's "Baby's Birthday" ...

Remember that old saying about not knowing a person until you’ve walked a mile in her shoes? Author Ruth Goodman has done that and then some. She’s walked in the shoes, corsets, dresses and nightgowns ...

The crowning jewel of Cape May is the Emlen Physick Estate. This Victorian mansion is more than just gorgeous, ornate and historical -- it started a movement. When it was nearly demolished in the late ...

In what passes for a liturgical calendar in the land of television, we are now in the high holy days of the year. "Downton Abbey" returned to our screens and our homes Jan. 4. The servants' bell ...