A newly released book brings new insight into the trial attorney made famous by the Scopes monkey trial
Civil War scholar Harold Holzer helps to decode what spectators heard when the 16th president spoke
For millions of people, their only knowledge about New York City was O.O. McIntyre’s daily column about life in the Big Apple
The American cyclist crossed paths with Sonja Henje and Adolf Hitler as he transversed the globe on Bucephalus, his trusty bike
The biographer and author of a new book discusses what new there is to learn about the ancient Greek philosopher
It seemed as if everyone rejoiced at the election of our first chief executive except the man himself
In 1903, photographer Edward Steichen portrayed the American tycoon in an especially ruthless light
In an excerpt from her memoir, Reeve Lindbergh, the daughter of the famous aviator, recalls her father's love of checklists
Egypt's ruler was more than the sum of the seductions that loom so large in history—and in Hollywood
A carved walking stick evokes ship commander John F. Kennedy's dramatic rescue at sea
Most famous today as a founding father, inventor and diplomat, Franklin also commanded troops during the French and Indian War
A pair of woven, beaded garters reflects the spirit of Seminole warrior Osceola
A hymnal owned by the brave leader of the Underground Railroad brings new insights into the life of the American heroine
Born in 1860, the famed female sharpshooter skillfully cultivated an image of a daredevil performer with proper Victorian morals
In 1910, the boxer Jack Johnson and the musician Scott Joplin embodied a new sense of possibility for African-Americans
The NASA flight director famously wore a homemade white vest as he averted tragedy during one of Apollo's most harrowing missions
An avowed paganist in a time of religious strife, Hypatia was also one of the first women to study math, astronomy and philosophy
An accident with a tamping iron made Phineas Gage history's most famous brain-injury survivor
How the original 97-pound-weakling transformed himself and brought physical fitness to the masses
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