Two hundred years later, debate continues over whether the famous explorer committed suicide or was murdered
Momentous or Merely Memorable
The abolitionist's bloody raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry 150 years ago set the stage for the Civil War
Temperatures at the Boiling Point
A chance discovery of police archives may reveal the fate of tens of thousands of people who disappeared in Guatemala's civil war
Athens’ New Acropolis Museum comes to America in an exhibition highlighting treasures of antiquity
An 1840s image captures an extremist's fervor
A 1910 wildfire that raged across three Western states helped advance the nation’s conservation efforts
Thousands of World War II prisoners ended up in mills, farm fields and even dining rooms across the United States
Luck and hard bargaining contributed to the growth of the United States. But with expansion came consequences
Momentous or Merely Memorable
How the original 97-pound-weakling transformed himself and brought physical fitness to the masses
After a 35-year search, an Israeli archaeologist is certain he has solved the mystery of the biblical figure’s final resting place
A storied trove of fossils from a Canadian paleontological site is yielding new clues to an explosion of life on earth
Momentous or Merely Memorable
Larger than life, for ill and good
A Library of Congress curator is on a worldwide mission to find exact copies of the books that belonged to Thomas Jefferson
Dunwich, England, is one of several underwater sites where divers are discovering new information about historic cultures
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