Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse spent summers at his Locust Grove Estate in New York's Hudson Valley. The 14,000-square-foot Italianate villa, built in 1852, has 45 rooms over six floors. It was ...

We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t ...

THE death of Inspector Morse helped ITV trounce BBC1 in the ratings war. More than 50% of Wednesday's peak-time television audience watched actor John Thaw bow out as the irritable detective after ...

Now Morse code is used largely in airplane navigational systems for identification purposes, says Paul F. Johnston, curator of maritime history at the National Museum of American History.

Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse spent summers at his Locust Grove Estate in New York. The 14,000-square-foot villa has 45 rooms over six floors.