America’s first interracial casino helped end segregation on the Strip and proved that the only color that mattered was green
A mountain hamlet in northern Japan claims Jesus Christ was buried there
A tragic Christmas mystery remains unsolved more than 60 years after the disappearance of five young siblings
After Teddy Roosevelt's act of sportsmanship in 1902 was made legendary by a political cartoonist, his name was forever affixed to an American classic
During the Civil War, two regiments faced off as spectators, possibly as many as 40,000, sat and watched
As the 1800s gave way to the 1900s, many Americans felt that old Saint Nick needed a new way of getting from house to house
In 1942, Seaman Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle. Then his mother learned where he'd been and revealed his secret to the Navy.
When freeing the slaves 150 years ago, Abraham Lincoln traded in his famous lyricism for a dry, legal tone. Harold Holzer explains why
Elroy gets to meet the star of his favorite show—but, in the real world, spacemen were disappearing from American televisions
The pen, inkwell and one copy of the document that freed the slaves are photographed together for the first time
What were you doing on the web back in the age of Netscape and Gopher?
Turks and Caicos had one of the world's first, and largest, salt industries
Was our future to be delightful or depraved? Sort of depends on your perspective
Books and DVDs make up our expert's gift guide of more ideas for this holiday season
In the year 2062, you really, really don't want to hit a ball out of bounds
Visit the futuristic town where drivers and non-drivers live in perfect harmony
The Great Pacificator was adept at getting congressmen to reach agreements over slavery. But he was less accommodating when one of his own slaves sued him
Richard Paul Pavlick’s plan wasn’t very complicated, but it took an eagle-eyed postal worker to prevent a tragedy
A kids' magazine in the '80s hoped that by now we'd have a whole new array of pets to choose from
Montague Jetson is 110 years old--and loving it
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