For one reason or another, these lucky souls never boarded the doomed ship whose sinking launched America's involvement in WWI
New archaeological evidence and forensic analysis reveals that a 14-year-old girl was cannibalized in desperation
Smithsonian researchers used optical technology to play back the unplayable records
Nathaniel Philbrick takes on one of the Revolutionary War’s most famous and least understood battles
This simple innovation transformed the reading habits of an entire nation
For a brief period in 1810, Florida was truly a country of its own
Corporate violence against union organizers might have gone unrecorded—if it not for an enterprising news photographer
This week one of the strangest flying machines you've ever seen will start its journey across America--without a drop of fuel
Venture into the highly regulated and fascinating world of bovine pyroglyphics
As strange as it may seem today, the automobile was seen by many as the progressive solution to the transportation problems of Los Angeles
From prehistory to the present with many episodes in between, the region has a surprisingly meaty history of humans eating humans
A talented seamstress and savvy businesswoman, she catered to Washington's socialites
Kids tend to be pretty optimistic, but each generation betrays its own fears about the future
Was the man whose assassination began World War I riding in a car destined to bring death to a series of owners?
The famed inventor believed "the solution of our problems does not lie in destroying but in mastering the machine"
See some early sketches of the cartoon family that shaped our vision of what life would be like in the 21st century
The Titanic struck a North Atlantic iceberg on April 14, 1912; 705 passengers survived.
In the 1970s, Joe Brainard wrote a book-length poem that paid heed to fashion
The actor talks about getting vetted by the baseball legend's grandchildren, meeting with his wife and why baseball was actually his worst sport
In 1836, three Scottish boys discovered a strange cache of miniature coffins concealed on a hillside above Edinburgh. Who put them there—and why?
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