Robin "Tin Eye" Stephens became known for "breaking" captured German spies without laying a hand on them
In a new exhibit at the National Building Museum, imagine Washington D.C. as it could have been
The history of the holiday meal tells us that turkey was always the centerpiece, but other courses have since disappeared
We're moving on up—visions of a self-contained community within a 1,000-foot tall skyscraper
The first case of stigmata—the appearance of marks or actual wounds like those Christ received during the Crucifixion—was recorded in 1224
A forward-looking lesson plan predicted that "computers will soon play as significant and universal a role in schools as books do today"
What is it about Roman concrete that keeps the Pantheon and the Colosseum still standing?
Amid the vast literature of the Civil War, it's easy to lose sight of some of the stranger facts, coincidences and quirks of character
An inventor's plans for traveling inside a giant bullet would have made a trip across the Bay a fast one
Scholar created a whole new way of looking at history, but found time to fight in two World Wars–latterly, aged 60, as a leader of the French Resistance
Military history, memoir, and even a novelized series make this list of can’t-miss books about the Great War
If an atomic bomb drops on your house, a civil defense official advises: "Get over it."
When the million-dollar movie comedian faced a manslaughter charge, the jury was indeed scandalized—at how his reputation had been trashed
A Jefferson expert provides a list of indispensable reads about the founding father
For five years, a popular comic strip gave us a preview of life in Suburbatopia
A bold vision for a propeller-driven train never quite got off the ground
Explosion on Black Tom Island packed the force of an earthquake. It took investigators years to determine that operatives working for Germany were to blame
Brought to Europe from the New World by Spanish explorers, the lowly potato gave rise to modern industrial agriculture
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