Helen Keller, renowned for her extraordinary achievements as a deaf-blind author and activist, had a surprisingly simple favorite food: the humble hot dog. Despite being a global traveler who lectured ...

Ian Toy has been walking past the crumbling Southold home on his way to the beach for much of his young life. "It really is a beautiful home," said the 13-year-old of the boarded up Bavarian ...

Ivy Green Located in the town of Tuscumbia and built in 1820, just one year after Alabama became the 22nd state in the U.S., Ivy Green is the birthplace and childhood home of Helen Keller. Born in ...

A 13-year-old Southolder with a love of old houses is mounting a whirlwind campaign to save a bit of local architectural history. Ian Toy, an eighth-grader at Southold Jr-Sr High School, wants to stop ...

Travel north from Bridgeport through Fairfield to Sport Hill Road in Easton and you eventually come to Helen Keller Middle School. Go west a ways to the other side of Easton and you can see the house ...

Did you know Helen Keller once lived in Queens? Now, a mural depicting the blind and deaf author and activist was installed Friday in Forest Hills at the entrance to the LIRR’s Ascan Avenue underpass.

A bill to establish monuments to Helen Keller and Rosa Parks on the state Capitol grounds was approved tonight by the Alabama House of Representatives. The bill, by Rep. Laura Hall, D-Huntsville, ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The Louisville facility that helps those who are blind or visually impaired has debuted the newest addition to its the museum. The American Printing House for the Blind has ...

A huge collection of items from Helen Keller's life will go on display in Louisville in a new museum space planned by the American Printing House for the Blind. The collection, which boasts more than ...

TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (AP) - Workers at the birthplace of Helen Keller had to cut down a more than 200-year-old oak tree that the famed activist and writer climbed as a girl. A chainsaw crew removed the ...

On December 5, 1934, the American Foundation for the Blind laid a time capsule into the cornerstone of its headquarters, then under construction. It was a historic event attended by a renowned ...