Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also an island ...

Explore the abandoned Ellis Island Hospital complex, once the standard for United States medical care and later transformed into a US Coast Guard base. It has been left to decay for nearly 60 years.

Jackie Schalk, Director of the American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island, shares stories about "The Island of Hope, Island of Tears." How far would you travel to find a better life?

Visual artist JR joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero and discusses his short film ''Ellis' that chronicles the early years of Ellis Island through the experiences of one immigrant. Photo: JR ...

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After losing their company, the artist couple behind the luxury pottery brand Mackenzie-Childs has lived for the past 25 ...

A wall of scaffolding is surrounding one of the nation’s most treasured national monuments this Fourth of July. The scaffolding surrounding part of Ellis Island is visible from Liberty State Park, a ...

A version of this story was originally published in 2019. When history professor Mark Washburne wanted to learn about his grandmother’s arrival in the United States as an infant, he went to Ellis ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. My writing partner Rick Parks and I wrote the Ellis Island scene because friends of mine who live ...