The 1715 Spanish wreck off the coast of Florida contained a hoard of real de plata coins valued at over $1 million.

Hidden beneath the turquoise waters off a stretch of Florida known as the “Treasure Coast,” a team of divers from a shipwreck ...

A team of excavators has uncovered a load of long-lost Spanish coins buried for centuries under the surf and sand along a ...

Dancers Alma Real and Filipe del Hoyo at Old Spanish Days Fiesta, circa 1935. Credit: Santa Barbara Historical Museum Collection photo [Noozhawk’s note: One in a daily series leading up to Old Spanish ...

The popularity of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, like so many other memorable styles from the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted from exposure at international expositions, advancements in ...

As anyone who made it through third-grade American history may recall, the Brits had a bit of a political and cultural impact on the new world. British-inspired homes, for example, are so prevalent in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You can taste the salt in the air in this four-story Southern California gem. Its proximity to the sea is ...

Yolanda Leyva's protests 13 years ago against the erection of a statue of Juan de Oñate, a Spanish conquistador, cost her relationships and added to heightening division in her community. And in the ...