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The Most Audacious Australian Prison Break of 1876
An American whaling ship brought together an oddball crew with a dangerous mission: freeing six Irishmen from a jail in western Australia
Top Ten Afterlife Journeys of Notable People
Why Beethoven, Galileo, Napoleon and others never truly rested in peace
The Battle Over Richard III’s Bones…And His Reputation
Rival towns are vying for the king’s remains and his legacy now that his skeleton has been found 500 years after his death
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Momentous or Merely Memorable
July 2009
| By Alison McLean
Momentous or Merely Memorable
June 2009
| By Alison McLean
A photograph of a 5-year-old girl made her famous in China—and haunted the man who took it
May 2009
| By Jennifer Lin
Momentous or Merely Memorable
May 2009
| By Alison McLean
The Memory of World Register lists over 800 historic manuscripts, maps, films and more to help raise funds for preservation
March 30, 2009
| By Judith H. Dobrzynski
Momentous or Merely Memorable
April 2009
| By Alison McLean
Righteous good Samaritans came from across the world to save Jews and others from concentration camps
February 24, 2009
| By Marian Holmes
Momentous or Merely Memorable
March 2009
| By Alison McLean
In 2006, sectarian violence engulfed Iraq after terrorists destroyed the mosque of the golden dome, built on a site sacred to Shiites for 1,100 years. Today, Sunnis and Shiites are working together to restore the shrine and the war-torn city
January 2009
| By Joshua Hammer
Recently uncovered documents in the British archives reveal dark secrets from World War II. One problem: they are forgeries
November 18, 2008
| By Gregory Katz
A replica Viking vessel sailing the North Sea has helped archaeologists figure out what the stalwart Norsemen were really up to
July 2008
| By Andrew Curry
When Fidel Castro asked for a show of hands in support of his new policies, an American journalist captured the response
April 2008
| By Guy Gugliotta
Explore some of the most significant achievements made by women in the past century
March 01, 2008
| By Candice Lo
The canine's evolution from hospice hound to household companion
January 01, 2008
| By Jess Blumberg
Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World," the room that once symbolized peace was stolen by Nazis then disappeared for good
August 01, 2007
| By Jess Blumberg
The concubine who became China’s last empress
March 01, 2008
| By Amanda Bensen
Assigned to find art looted by the Nazis, Western Allied forces faced an incredible challenge
February 2008
| By Robert M. Poole
A history of climbing the world's tallest mountain
March 01, 2008
| By Megan Gambino
Momentous or Merely Memorable
February 2009
| By Alison McLean
Momentous or Merely Memorable
November 2008
| By Allison McLean
Momentous or Merely Memorable
October 2008
| By Allison McLean
Momentous or Merely Memorable
September 2008
| By Alison McLean
Momentous or Merely Memorable
August 2008
| By Alison McLean
Momentous or Merely Memorable
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