Newlyweds who didn't want to visit the cliched destination of the time, Niagara Falls, dreamt of one day spending their first days as a couple on the moon
The officer who gained glory as a warrior in the Civil War also had a domestic side.
The secret of Glamis Castle—a concealed room, a hidden heir—was one of the great talking points of the 19th century. But will the mystery ever be resolved?
The inventor, the celebrity and the royal highness couldn’t resist the draw of making a grand gesture to the love of their life
A 1930 book argued that women's "liberation from the dangers of childbirth" would be a crucial first step toward gender equality
The plot to kill Michael Malloy for life-insurance money seemed foolproof—until the conspirators actually tried it
Thankfully, this Super Bowl spectacle never had a wardrobe malfunction
Why bother with cloning and time travel, when your dream safari awaits on a nearby planet?
Recently reissued, William L. Shirer's seminal 1960 history of Nazi Germany is still important reading
Two thousand years before Picasso, artists in Egypt painted some of the most arresting portraits in the history of art
Chronicling passions that change the world, for good and ill
In 1930, many football fans believed the college game was better than the professional one
A century ago, Douglas Mawson saw his two companions die and found himself stranded in the midst of Antarctic blizzards
When Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus met President Kennedy in 1962, JFK told him, "The only science I ever learned was from your comic strip."
The champion golfer was critically injured in 1949—and went on to the most dominant phase of his career
Meet the 1920 radio enthusiast who had the foresight to invent the annoying habit of talking on the phone while in the car
A rundown of historians, authors and bloggers to follow in the coming year
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