Historian Amanda Foreman discusses how British citizens took part in the war between the Union and the Confederacy
The Republican senator and 1964 presidential candidate predicted the growth of the Sun Belt and envisioned an open border with Mexico
She was young, married and a mother. But after her husband died in battle against the Nazis, she became a secret agent for the British
In the 1950s, some U.S. scientists warned that, without immediate action, the Soviet Union would control the earth's thermometers
For six years, an elderly tramp toured the U.S., paying those who helped him with checks for sums of up to $900,000
Seventy years after the day that lives on in infamy, the soldiers stationed at Pearl Harbor recall their experiences
Newly unearthed documents shed light on claims that the famous criminal attorney bribed a juror
The explorer of Dr. Livingstone-fame provides a classic character study of how willpower works
President Lincoln addresses the State of the Union and grows impatient with General McClellan
Winfrey steps aside after a decade, Caruso steps in
Forget “Dixie,” it was one New Yorker’s “Home Sweet Home” that was the song most beloved by Union and Confederate soldiers
The future of food was envisioned by many prognosticators as entirely meatless and often synthetic
Robin "Tin Eye" Stephens became known for "breaking" captured German spies without laying a hand on them
In a new exhibit at the National Building Museum, imagine Washington D.C. as it could have been
The history of the holiday meal tells us that turkey was always the centerpiece, but other courses have since disappeared
We're moving on up—visions of a self-contained community within a 1,000-foot tall skyscraper
The first case of stigmata—the appearance of marks or actual wounds like those Christ received during the Crucifixion—was recorded in 1224
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