Scholars in the fabled African city, once a great center of learning and trade, are racing to save a still emerging cache of ancient manuscripts
George Washington's historic Virginia plantation
Little-known facts about the nation's first president
After two centuries, Mount Vernon's whiskey distillery returns
William E. Leuchtenburg discusses the 1946 elections and how politics have changed
How three pioneering reporters reshaped the way the press covers elections-and politics itself
Momentous or Merely Memorable
A fabled aircraft carrier sunk deliberately off the coast of Florida is the world's largest artificial reef
An unpopular president. A war-weary people. In the midterm elections of 60 years ago, voters took aim at incumbents
We retrace the travels of the ragtag group that founded Plymouth Colony and gave us Thanksgiving
The teenage queen was embraced by France in 1770. Twenty-three years later, she lost her head to the guillotine. (But she never said, "Let them eat cake")
The United States reaches a demographic milestone, thanks largely to immigration
In 1849, a future president patented an amazing addition to transportation technology
Momentous or merely memorable
A scheming stepmother or a strong and effective ruler? History's view of the pharaoh Hatshepsut changed over time
Wilson discusses what drew her to study the pharaoh, and Hatshepsut's enduring allure
Because of a Lewis Hine photograph, Addie Card became the poster child of child labor. But what became of Addie Card?
New York's breathtaking Finger Lakes district has influenced historical figures from Mark Twain to Harriet Tubman
On March 3, 2005, after 67 hours aboard his Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, he became the first person to fly alone around the world nonstop
Lorenzo Da Ponte was a hit in Europe: a courtier, a cad, the librettist for Mozart's finest operas. But the New World truly tested his creative powers
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