Not even a specific allegation of philandering, illicit pregnancy and coverup barred Grover Cleveland from the White House
A series of photographs captured in November 1863 give us a sense of what happened when Lincoln delivered his famous speech
While we all have a communal sense of how pirates talked, our sense of how pirates ate lies, by comparison, in uncharted waters
At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of women known as the Harvard Observatory computers helped revolutionize the science of astronomy
Narcis Monturiol loved the ocean’s corals so much, that he built a machine so he could better enjoy them
The fish can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars each. But just 45 years ago, big bluefin tuna were caught for fun, killed and ground into pet food
Maria Cecilia Benavente escaped Tower Two barefoot; in shock, she held onto her sandals
Where is the world's biggest pistachio?
What could a wounded woman do? For one thing, she could sue
This door is from a FDNY rescue pumper truck destroyed in the World Trade Center collapse. Squad 1 lost 12 members on September 11
The first European to glimpse the Pacific from the Americas crossed Panama on foot 500 years ago. Our intrepid author retraces his journey
Researchers have finally found out why the jade-green cup appears red when lit from behind
Fancy drinks like the Gimlet and the Brandy Alexander have high class histories
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Mary and John Surratt helped John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln and then paid the ultimate penalty for their actions
American Cities: Before and After
Manhattan had a very different topography than the concrete jungle we know today
American Cities: Before and After
James Keily’s 1851 map of Washington shows a considerably smaller district, before the Potomac River was filled in to make way for monuments
American Cities: Before and After
California’s first state engineer, along with a team of surveyors, created this hand drawn map in 1880 to explore Los Angeles’ water resources
American Cities: Before and After
Bankers and speculators in the Colorado capital used this 1879 map to explore the Mile High City’s real estate potential
American Cities: Before and After
A look at a sailing chart of San Francisco and its bay, made in 1859 by the fledgling US Coast Survey
This 1868 pocket map of Chicago shows the city in full-blown expansion, a mere 3 years before the infamous blaze
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