The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty. Historical records ...

Explore the structure beneath the Statue of Liberty and the spiral stairs that lead to the top. This video features a 3D model of the monument created using Blender 2.92.

The iron and steel interior of Lady Liberty works together to hold her over 300 feet above New York harbor more than 100 years after construction. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...

The Statue of Liberty was originally designed as a marker of liberation of African Americans and the end of the Civil War. That part of its history was overshadowed by a late design change to instead ...

A set of 354 narrow steps spirals all the way up to the Statue of Liberty's crown, and it's the only escape route for tourists in an emergency. On a recent summer day, one tourist put his hands on his ...

Give me your tired, your poor — and your tatted masses. The Statue of Liberty has long been a symbol of freedom and the American Dream, but also an irresistible option for a tattoo among a surprising ...

When we exited the Uber, we thought we were just where we needed to be. Our objective had been to catch the ferry to New York ...

Yes, the poet and author penned “The New Colossus.” But she also did so much more. On this day in 1849, Jewish writer and activist Emma Lazarus was born in New York City. Lazarus is, of course, most ...

In this latest It's Debatable, Moster and Rosen facetiously debate if the State of Liberty should be demolished and replaced ...