Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the living
A new portrait of the founding father challenges the long-held perception of Thomas Jefferson as a benevolent slaveholder
Mark Twain prowled the rough-and-tumble streets of 1860s San Francisco with a hard-drinking, larger-than-life fireman
Mao Zedong encouraged critics of his government—and then betrayed them just when their advice might have prevented a calamity
Meet George Jetson! The first installment of our 24-part series on the show that would forever change how we view the future
The wartime inconveniences of traveling by train prompted the promise for "the finest transportation the world has ever seen"
Augustus Heinze dominated the copper fields of Montana, but his family's scheming on Wall Street set off the Panic of 1907
Jeopardy! Champion Ken Jennings takes you on a challenging adventure through the secrets of American history. Will you be our grand prize winner?
For 80 years, the 11 ironworkers in the iconic photo have remained unknown, and now, thanks to new research, two of them have been identified
Although it was on the air for only one season, The Jetsons remains our most popular point of reference when discussing the future.
The legend of the blood suckers, and the violence heaped upon their corpses, came out of ignorance of contagious disease
Can modern science determine who shot this 18th century Swedish king?
Major Taylor had to brave more than the competition to become one of the most acclaimed cyclists of the world
What happens when public safety clashes with modern architecture?
Throughout the 1876 campaign, Tilden’s opposition had called him everything from a briber to a thief to a drunken syphilitic
What is it about New York that compels us to see it obliterated in fiction over and over again?
The Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about the secret weapon in her decades of struggle—the power of Buddhism
Encoded mysteries have existed through history—especially imaginary ones
When a powerful 1963 piece laid out the stark poverty in America, the White House took action
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