Architect/historian Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc suggested that the balcony was forged in the heat of battle.
Back before medical school was a respected place to be, New Yorkers raised up in protest over the doctors’ preference for cadavers for study
An eye-catching protest across Europe is steeped in cultural heritage says Smithsonian curator Michael Atwood Mason
Forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley digs into an 1835 vault and reveals the startling history of a famous Washington family
The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture joins the discussion around "The Case for Reparations"
For 150 years, the famous explorers were relatively unknown characters
Black and white photos from the Library of Congress show New Yorkers rallying, praying, on June 6, 1944
Follow in the footsteps of legendary reporter Ernie Pyle to get a real feel for the events that took place 70 years ago
GIS technology has opened up new channels of understanding how the world works. But where did it begin?
Prohibition might have lasted longer in D.C. than anywhere else, but that didn't stop the District from throwing a few back
How innovations in photography helped this 19th century journalist improve life for many of his fellow immigrants
For years patriots clamored for swatches of the enormous flag that raised spirits at “dawn’s early light”
Google Glass is just the latest in a long line of body-borne technologies designed to enhance our lives
Photographs of the abandoned battlefields reveal the trenches’ scars still run deep
This outpost in the high north looks much as it did when it was abandoned in 1998, providing visitors with a glimpse into Soviet-era life and culture
Built in 1841, the Charles W. Morgan is plying the waters off New England this summer
As the hunger for more farmland stretched west, so too did the demand for enslaved labor
Take a step back in time to see the building of some of D.C.'s most famous icons
The Founding Father spent his post-presidency years presiding over a booming alcohol business
A sampling of motherly missives to the president
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