The house where the conspirators hatched their heinous plot now serves sushi, and the yard where they were hanged is a tennis court
A new book traces the Wright brothers' triumph 100 years ago to an innovative design and meticulous attention to detail
An Indian tribe wins the first round in a long fight with rock climbers
From his Jewish Museum in Berlin to his proposal for the World Trade Center site, Daniel Libeskind designs buildings that reach out to history and humanity
President Theodore Roosevelt started what would become the world's most successful experiment in conservation
From the mid-18th century to the end of the Civil War, owners marketed the labor and skills of their slaves
Two months before the Gulf War began in 1991, President George H. W. Bush greeted U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
When a "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans converged on Washington, MacArthur, Eisenhower and Patton were there to meet them
In 1775, the 20-year-old Alexander Hamilton took up arms to fight the British
As freshly carved toys or treasured heirlooms, well-bred rocking horses ride high in the affections of kids and collectors alike
To what degree do the attitudes of Washington and Jefferson toward slavery diminish their achievements?
Nuts about history and bonkers for baseball
Throughout the decade-long construction of the city's new metro, archaeologists have found a trove of treasures
Raised from the deep, the Monitor's turret reveals a bounty of new details about the ship's violent end
Hundreds of women fought in the civil war disguised as men
Los Angeles' insatiable thirst for water, which drained the Owens Valley, has ruined lives, shaped the city's politics and provoked ongoing controversy
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