The lawman had a reputation to protect—but that reputation shifted after he moved East
On the eve of the Revolutionary War, loyalist John Malcom was tarred, feathered and dragged through the streets, just for arguing with a young boy
Historian Tony Horwitz travels to the Civil War battlefield and finds that even where time is frozen, it’s undergone welcome changes
A new book from a Smithsonian curator looks at the culture and business of memorabilia
First in rustic tents and later in elaborate resorts, city dwellers took to the Adirondacks to explore the joys of the wilderness
Before the legendary aircraft took flight, it took 25 hours to fly from New York to Los Angeles
It's supposedly the 50th anniversary of the original design of the iconic image, but its history since then is surprisingly complex with millions of dollars at stake
An American whaling ship brought together an oddball crew with a dangerous mission: freeing six Irishmen from a jail in western Australia
The creation of DST is usually credited to George Vernon Hudson, but 100 years earlier, Benjamin Franklin pondered a similar question
The whaler <i>Essex</i> was indeed sunk by a whale—and that's only the beginning
Bernard Bailyn, one of our greatest historians, shines his light on the nation’s Dark Ages
Travel by pneumatic tubes? The idea was seriously considered in the 1960s
How one author adds actual blues and grays to historic photographs
Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper credited with 309 kills—and an advocate for women's rights. On a U.S. tour in 1942, she found a friend in the first lady
Did members of a powerful society of warlocks actually murder their enemies and kidnap children?
How one author adds actual blues and grays to historic photographs
What happens when a comedy staple of mid-century sitcoms reappears as a late-century Saturday morning tradition?
What would otherwise be a local-interest story became a snapshot of history integral to the American experience
On the eve of his first inauguration, President Lincoln snuck into Washington at night, evading the would-be assassins who waited for him in Baltimore
Ida Wood, who lived for decades as a recluse in a New York City hotel, would have taken her secrets to the grave—if here sister hadn't gotten there first
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