The whaler <i>Essex</i> was indeed sunk by a whale—and that's only the beginning
How a struggling entrepreneur in Ohio saved his burger business during Lent and changed the McDonald's menu for good.
Bernard Bailyn, one of our greatest historians, shines his light on the nation’s Dark Ages
A cartoonist diagrammed the parade—5,000 suffragists strong—that defiantly marched in Washington more than a century ago
In 1989, "Life" magazine predicted that, by the year 2000, many staples of modern American life might find themselves on the scrapheap of history
This ill-advised scheme would have put gigantic barges just off the Atlantic coast? Where would it have started? New Jersey, of course
New short haircuts announced the wearers' break from tradition and boosted the hairdressing industry
From the late-19th century to the 1970s, restaurants had one surefire way of standing out
Vivian Gordon was a reputed prostitute and blackmailer—but her murder led to the downfall of New York Mayor Jimmy Walker
Travel by pneumatic tubes? The idea was seriously considered in the 1960s
A new documentary from Smithsonian Channel looks at how the Civil War helped transform the city of Washington, D.C.
How one author adds actual blues and grays to historic photographs
Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper credited with 309 kills—and an advocate for women's rights. On a U.S. tour in 1942, she found a friend in the first lady
Advertisers love to use futurism as a way to position their products as forward-thinking
And you think you're having a bad work week, just think about the robots
Finally, women could breathe deeply when the waist-nipping corset went out of style
Did members of a powerful society of warlocks actually murder their enemies and kidnap children?
The government can't get their hands on you when you're floating above Earth
In 1908, a meteor exploding in mid-air released the energy equivalent to "185 Hiroshima bombs"
What happens when a comedy staple of mid-century sitcoms reappears as a late-century Saturday morning tradition?
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