English settlers arrived at Jamestown expecting riches to fall into their hands, but were soon faced with a much harsher reality.

Jamestown's demise has been blamed on many causes, from famine and drought, to disease and violence. But was it actually something in the water?

Trapped, scared, and starving, the first permanent settlers in the New World were forced to resort to a horrific means of survival.

In the colonial era, people used hard apple cider as payment.