Few Americans, meanwhile, recall that both Liberty Island and much of Ellis Island are not in New York, at all, but are instead part of the great state of New Jersey.) Many of the pictures in this ...

A few people attending the tour declined to enter the old morgue ... to take photos (handheld only, no tripods). Join us for an upcoming tour of the abandoned hospitals on Ellis Island: ...

Check out photos of what you’ll see on the tour from our latest visit this summer! You’ll start the journey to Ellis Island at the Castle Clinton ferry station in Lower Manhattan. Aboard the ...

In 1984, Ellis Island underwent a £128 million renovation ... He also spent hours digitally recreating old-time pictures of soldiers in colour.

Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also ...

These photographs show a tiny handful of the more than 12 million immigrants who entered the United States through the immigration station at New York's Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.