For residents of Slovakia's capital, Cold War structures recall a painful past
At 15, Minnijean Brown faced down the Arkansas National Guard, Now Her Story and Personal Items are Archived at the Smithsonian
Germany's treasured—and controversial—rule has a fascinating past and an uncertain future
From user-generated content to political screeds, the future of news happens to look a lot like the past
The story behind the most famous betrayal in U.S. history shows the complicated politics of the nation's earliest days
Two new books offer divergent theories on the authorship of the much-heralded film
C'mon baby light my flier
The trail-blazing sci-fi series debuted 50 years ago and has taken countless fans where none had gone before
Originally designed in the 1930s to restrict access to the drug, these stamps draw a curious crowd to the Postal Museum
Treasure found in prehistoric graves in Bulgaria is the first evidence of social hierarchy, but no one knows what caused the civilization's decline
Spanning 1,770 miles from Germany's Black Forest to the coast of Romania, the river takes its character from the people and places it passes
Since the famous television spot ran in 1964, advertising agencies have sold presidential candidates as if they were cars or soap
Is the Republican party on the verge of catastrophe? Probably not, if history is any indicator
In a new book, a Smithsonian naturalist tells the gritty, controversial tale of how one of America’s presidents felled a threatened species
More than 400 images from the 1980s to the early 2000s detail the "standout moments" of the rise of Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash, Jay Z and many more artists
More than a century ago, a biologist’s remarks set people searching for yogurt as a cure for old age
In order to stop the carnage wrought by German U-Boats, the Allied powers went way outside the box
He showed us we are capable of great things when we look within ourselves, says scholar Nina Sanders
Succumb to "Orchidelirium" at The New York Botanical Garden
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