When the British army held Francis Scott Key captive aboard one of their warships during the Battle of Baltimore, his stay inspired enemy's patriotic song
During World War I, the scientist invented a mobile x-ray unit, called a "Little Curie," and trained 150 women to operate it
An iconic Hamburg building, built by Jews and now a chocolate museum, once housed the distributors of one of Nazi Germany's most gruesome inventions
“Veep” creator Armando Iannucci’s upcoming dark comedy pulls from the stranger-than-fiction real-life events surrounding Stalin’s death
We journey through Vladimir Putin’s Russia to measure the aftershocks of the political explosion that rocked the world a century ago
Mass death changed how we think about illness, and government's role in treating it
In total, the Queen Mother was a widow for 50 years of her life. During that time, she became known for two things: extravagance and an unpaid tab
Near the end of her reign, Queen Victoria developed a friendship with an Indian servant, elevating him to trusted advisor and infuriating her court
An Iraqi archaeologist braved ISIS snipers and booby-trapped ruins to rescue cultural treasures in the city and nearby legendary Nineveh and Nimrud
From pulling milk carts to herding reindeer, dogs have had some odd jobs
In 1940, Princess Elizabeth was tasked with an important job by prime minister Winston Churchill: to give a morale-boosting radio speech to her subjects
A new movie sets its doomed entrepreneurs amidst 17th-century “tulipmania”—but historians of the phenomenon have their own bubble to burst
The Prince of Wales' 21st birthday party was held in the royal venue of Windsor Castle. Despite the security measures, an uninvited man was able to get in
Windsor Castle, the scene of a disastrous fire in 1992, was badly in need of restoration. One problem: The bill was likely to be in the millions
Are these priceless artifacts or worthless trinkets? No one knows for sure, but a local art gallery is pitching in to find out
In his new book, Ted Genoways follows a family farm and the ways they’re impacted by geopolitics
Ksiaz Castle in southern Poland sits atop a remarkable complex of underground tunnels built by the Nazis in 1944
Director Peter Jackson has a fantastic collection of 70 WWI planes. But host Phil Keoghan isn't just interested in seeing them--he wants to fly one
The beloved novelist is the latest icon in the Bank of England's long—and fraught—tradition of gendering finance
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