Editors' Picks

Where Was the Birthplace of the American Vacation?

First in rustic tents and later in elaborate resorts, city dwellers took to the Adirondacks to explore the joys of the wilderness

The True-Life Horror that Inspired Moby-Dick

The whaler Essex was indeed sunk by a whale—and that's only the beginning

The Shocking Savagery of America’s Early History

Bernard Bailyn, one of our greatest historians, shines his light on the nation’s Dark Ages

History Beats

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Rebels by any name
March 2007 | By Carey Winfrey

Another side of Kurds and Romans
June 2010 | By Carey Winfrey

Wayne Wheeler had a mission
May 2010 | By Carey Winfrey

Cowboy Culture and the Universe
April 2010 | By Carey Winfrey

Excavations in Ethiopia and Lockport, New York
March 2010 | By Carey Winfrey

Since its mid-1960s inception, snowboarding has seen such a boom in popularity that it is now an event at the Winter Olympics
February 05, 2010 | By Paul J. MacArthur

Since its inception, public radio has had a crucial role in broadcasting history - from FDR's "Fireside Chats" to the Internet Age
January 26, 2010 | By Marina Koestler Ruben

These athletes took home gold, but also stole our hearts. Choose your favorite winter Olympian in our poll
January 19, 2010 | By Megan Gambino

How the great influx of people from Africa and the Caribbean since 1965 is challenging what it means to be African-American
February 2010 | By Ira Berlin

In praise of contributors, including you
February 2010 | By Terence Monmaney

Succeeding where previous leagues had failed, the AFL introduced an exciting brand of football forcing the NFL to change its entrenched ways
January 14, 2010 | By Jim Morrison

An annual holiday tradition since 1952, re-enactors bring Washington crossing the Delaware to life
December 23, 2009 | By Lillian Africano

The collections inside this museum hold intriguing objects that tell the story of 19th century American medicine
January 01, 2010 | By Brian Wolly

Of carnivores and herbivores
January 2010 | By Carey Winfrey

A noted historian debunks the conventional wisdom about America's War of Independence
January 2010 | By John Ferling

For reliable sources and mole poblano
December 2009 | By Carey Winfrey

In a recently published memoir written over 60 years ago, veteran James Daugherty details his experiences as an African-American in combat
November 06, 2009 | By Abby Callard

Dozens of talented women preceded Amelia Earhart, and thousands have followed, and each has her own groundbreaking story to tell
October 22, 2009 | By Patricia Trenner

October 20, 2009 | By Megan Gambino

A long-lost painting of the Senate's Great Compromiser finds a fitting new home in the halls of the U.S. Capitol
November 2009 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

The fight over Robert E. Lee's beloved home—seized by the U.S. government during the Civil War—went on for decades
November 2009 | By Robert M. Poole

The death of Hugh Van Es, whose photograph captured the Vietnam War's end, launched a "reunion" of those who covered the conflict
November 2009 | By David Lamb

Closing in on 40 years
November 2009 | By Carey Winfrey

Two hundred years later, debate continues over whether the famous explorer committed suicide or was murdered
October 09, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

An 1840s image captures an extremist's fervor
September 21, 2009 | By Owen Edwards

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