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Charles J. Guiteau said he wanted to kill President James A. Garfield "in an American manner."
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Sightseeing across the country in an atomic-powered "pleasure ball"
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The public's fascination with the concept of "movable pavement" extends back more than 130 years
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A collection of historic front pages shows how civilians experienced and read about the war
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Science-fiction pioneer Hugo Gernsback predicted that, as long as police officers were stuck on terra firma, criminals always would have the edge
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No one had ever tunneled under a major river before Marc Brunel began a shaft below London's river in the 1820s
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The founder of Rhode Island often helped out the early colonists in their dealings with Native Americans
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The Puritan minister originated a principle that remains contentious to this day—separation of church and state
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A 1912 photograph proves explorer Captain Robert Scott reached the South Pole—but wasn't the first
Whether as a tourist, an outcast or a pilgrim, traveling is discovering
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Scientific progress during the 20th century prompted a number of predictions about an impending cure
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Coya Knutson won a seat in the U.S. House in 1954 but was undone by a secret she brought to Washington
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A special visit from the Ghost of Christmas Retro-Future
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It has become a great legend of World War I. But what really happened when British and German troops emerged from their trenches that Christmas Day?
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John Harlan championed racial justice on a hostile Supreme Court. Robert Harlan, a freed slave, achieved renown despite the court's decisions
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The editor behind the site that curates the best content on the web lists the most interesting history books of 2011
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In 1912, the French chocolate company Lombart printed a series of six collectible cards envisioning daily life one hundred years in the future
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