The British monarch was present when a solicitor demonstrated one of the earliest audio recording devices. But did she really say "tomatoes"?
In the early 20th century, resentment at the concentration of wealth took a violent turn
"Football is on trial," President Theodore Roosevelt declared in 1905. So he launched the effort that saved the game
Was it really a lunch-hour coincidence that led to the death of the Archduke in Sarajevo in 1914—and, by extension, World War I?
The showman whom John Lennon immortalized in song was a real performer—a master horseman and Britain's first black circus owner
No structure in the world is more mysterious than the Great Pyramid. But who first broke into its well-guarded interior? When? And what did they find?
Did the baseball great really confess to murder on his deathbed?
When an 18-year-old girl went missing, the police let the case grow cold. But Grace Humiston, a soft-spoken private investigator, wouldn't let it lie
His contributions to mathematics and electrical engineering made him one of the most beloved and instantly recognizable men of his time.
Renowned for their ruthlessness, these two female pirates challenged the sailors’ adage that a woman’s presence on shipboard invites bad luck
An encounter on a lonely road in the furthest reaches of the English West Country sheds light on the dying days of a once-ubiquitous profession
When excavators in Inchon, Korea discovered a U.S. naval officer's ring, they had no knowledge of the pain associated with its former owner, Minter Dial
The Irish American immigrant made a fortune by supplying the giant stone coins prized by Yap islanders
Hall realized his death would set off a national political scandal, inspiring the genuine wonder that he had never been what he seemed
A 1957 "time traveler" recalls "a feeling of unfriendliness and unseen watchers which sent shivers up one’s back"
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