The furor that erupted throughout New York City cannot be disentangled from the long history of the urban oasis
As a key advisor to F.D.R., Adm. William D. Leahy was instrumental in bringing the Allies together to agree upon the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe
From gunslingers' graves to gold mines, the South Dakota city—and inspiration for the new 'Deadwood' movie—is steeped in Old West history
Thanks to the new acquisition, scholars at the Athenaeum library are connecting the dots of the city’s social network of abolitionists
The founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Bunch represents the first insider to lead the Institution in decades
Suffragists, African-Americans and Chinese immigrants all criticized the statue as representative of a nation that was not yet free for everyone
Open-heart procedures evolved rapidly once Mayo Clinic surgeon John Kirklin made his improvements to an earlier invention
The discovery carries intense personal meaning for an Alabama community of descendants of the ship's survivors
The military kept the true story of their deaths, the only civilians to die at enemy hands on the U.S. mainland, under wraps
Artists born after the galvanizing moment in gay rights history, which took place 50 years ago, present their interpretations
The elegantly simple code works whether flashing a spotlight or blinking your eyes—or even tapping on a smartphone touchscreen
Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
A collection of stories to celebrate the semicentennial of the Apollo 11 mission
The International Spy Museum details the audacious plan that involved a reclusive billionaire, a 618-foot-long ship, and a great deal of stealth
The prolific inventor with 20 patents to her name developed the "Boater," a reusable, waterproof diaper cover in the late 1940s
The post-war era’s labor unrest and market instability has seemingly been forgotten in the public’s memory
‘Crocker’s Car’ brought the tycoon Leland Stanford to connect the East Coast to the West in 1869
These authentic cabooses, mail cars and train cars from U.S. railways have been converted to sleeping quarters for train fanatics
Francis Rogallo's invention would have brought returning space vehicles in for a runway landing, instead of an ocean splashdown
A new exhibit at the National Museum of American History details this underexamined history
In his new book, historian David McCullough reveals how the New England settlers made their mark on the U.S.
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