To commemorate the end of the war 150 years ago, here are fascinating locales that remind us of the conflict's sprawling impact
Now that the ship that the Frenchman took on his 1780 trip to America has been rebuilt, its time to revisit his role in history
Fifty years after its grand opening, the spectre of the Houston stadium still looms large
A high-tech recreation of the immortal artworks shines a new light on the dawn of human imagination
Travelers are discovering the Ming dynasty's own Indiana Jones, an adventurer who dedicated his life to exploring his country's Shangri-Las
Before green came on the scene, blue was the color associated with the Saint and the Emerald Isle
The three-leaf clover is what everyone wears, but what species is it?
As you celebrate the mathematical holiday, here's a history of notable moments in the irrational number's past
Fossil remains suggest that prehistoric people in Sri Lanka may have eaten monkeys and other forest species
William Mulholland was the savior of Southern California until he wasn't
Throughout the United Kingdom, retailers are going mad over an 800-year-old document
The march to freedom started on a bridge that honors a man bent on preserving slavery and segregation
At about 2.8 million years old, the Ledi jaw may belong to "the stem for the Homo genus," according to its discoverers
The battle for the Pacific island in the late winter of 1945 positioned the United States to invade mainland Japan, but at a cost
As technology changed, cameras got smaller and color film got simpler, it became possible for soldiers to document the war raging around them
Mary Ann Hall ran a successful brothel in D.C. for years, but it took a 1997 dig to tell the whole story
Decades before 3-D printers brought manufacturing closer to home, copiers transformed offices, politics and art
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Even now, 150 years later, objects from the murder of the president provide a powerful link to the event
A holy war is being fought over a proposal to build a $500 million commercial development, on the rim of America's natural treasure
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
In a post-assassination memoir, Asia Booth Clarke recalled her brother's passion, his patriotism and his last words to her
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