Momentous or Merely Memorable
Cowboy Culture and the Universe
In Pennsylvania, amateur archaeologists unearth a mass grave of immigrant railroad workers who disappeared in 1832
The NASA flight director famously wore a homemade white vest as he averted tragedy during one of Apollo's most harrowing missions
Bobby Freeberg, a 27-year-old pilot from Kansas, disappeared while flying a supply-filled cargo plane over the Indonesian jungle
An avowed paganist in a time of religious strife, Hypatia was also one of the first women to study math, astronomy and philosophy
Botanist Robert Fortune traveled to China and stole trade secrets of the tea industry, discovering a fraud in the process
Loot valued at $20 million lies off the coast of Staten Island, and Ken Hayes is on the hunt for the sunken silver bullion
March 15 will live in infamy beyond the murder of Julius Caesar. Here are 10 events that occurred on that date
Theaters and other architectural gems lined Hollywood's famous boulevards during its Golden Age and now hold restored star appeal
The first memoir by a White House slave recreates the events of August 23, 1814
It is thanks to the first lady that the famous Stuart painting of George Washington survived the British army's invasion of D.C. in August 1814
A vital stop on China's ancient Silk Road, the Uighur city of Kashgar may lose its old quarter to plans for "progress"
Momentous or Merely Memorable
Excavations in Ethiopia and Lockport, New York
Using government documents, author Angela Walton-Raji traced her ancestors to the slaves owned by American Indians
While practicing law in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln defended a man in a highly unusual case and later recounted the mystery as a short story
Meet Yuichiro Miura, the man who skied down Mt. Everest more than 50 years ago
Since its mid-1960s inception, snowboarding has seen such a boom in popularity that it is now an event at the Winter Olympics
After decades of research, American archaeologist Mark Lehner has some answers about the mysteries of the Egyptian colossus
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