[Find the Mercury‘s 25th Anniversary Issue (in print) near you by using this handy-dandy map, and read all of our anniversary stories here.—eds.] Little known fact: The Portland Mercury takes its name ...

During the late 1800s, mental health care was a dark and often terrifying world hidden behind the walls of asylums. Few dared to question what went on inside, but Nellie Bly, a courageous journalist, ...

They are some of the earliest photos and images we have in our archive and show how primitive parts of the town were and how much it has evolved. The images show life in Birmingham during the late ...