In 2005, Antonio Somera, a Filipino American member of the Legionarios del Trabajo, a Masonic fraternal order, stumbled ...

Considering today's restrictions on luggage, it's hard to imagine what it must have been like to set off on a journey with a companion steamer trunk without getting a little wistful. These trunks were ...

Q: We have an old steamer trunk that belonged to my great-grandparents. It is in excellent condition inside and out except for the leather handles on each side, which have rotted away. My husband has ...

Steamer trunks are so named because they were mostly used aboard steam-powered transportation, namely ships and trains. But for the past 50 years, they mainly have been used in homes for storage. They ...

Brandon Batchelder, Chloe Barcelou and their tiny house contraption. Some say the Tiny House movement dates back to 1854 when Henry David Thoreau first described the economy and aesthetics of small ...

After police found a body in a black steamer trunk in a wooded area in Florida 53 years ago, the mystery of the “trunk lady” became a cold case that captured the attention of the public for decades.

It had been just another quiet Saturday night in Keyport, N.J., a charming small town across the bay from Staten Island, when a near-hysterical elderly man burst through the doors of the state police ...

When Martin and Halina Hershkowitz boarded the General Muir transport ship with their 3-year-old daughter Sheila on March 3, 1951, they were ready to leave Germany behind. The Jewish family was among ...