At the end of the 19th century, Ellis Island immigration station in New York became known as the gateway to America. Between 1892 and 1954, over 12 million immigrants entered the United States through ...

Snow swirled through broken windows, roofs leaked, weeds sprang up in corridors, and interior walls soaked up harbor moisture like sponges. In 1965, Ellis Island became part of the Statue of ...

Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates the immigrant experience. Millions of American stories began at Ellis Island; by some estimates, 40% of people in the country today have ...

Max Miller of Tasting History prepared a typical meal of what European immigrants at the turn of the 20th Century would eat when they finally landed on Ellis ... to look into the island, and ...

Other exhibits explore what immigration was like before and after Ellis Island. Though an audio guide is included with your ferry ticket and NPS rangers host free guided tours, some visitors opt ...

Once on Ellis Island, you can stay for as long as you like before hopping on the return ferry to Battery Park. In total, the guided portion of the tour lasts about 3.5 hours. The company estimates ...

Snow swirled through broken windows, roofs leaked, weeds sprang up in corridors, and interior walls soaked up harbor moisture like sponges. In 1965, Ellis Island became part of the Statue of ...