Apocalyptic predictions are nothing new—they have been around for millennia
In a recently published memoir written over 60 years ago, veteran James Daugherty details his experiences as an African-American in combat
One of the oldest archaeological sites not on a heritage list, this Pacific state, like Easter Island, is an engineering marvel
A long-lost painting of the Senate's Great Compromiser finds a fitting new home in the halls of the U.S. Capitol
The fight over Robert E. Lee's beloved home—seized by the U.S. government during the Civil War—went on for decades
Momentous or Merely Memorable
The death of Hugh Van Es, whose photograph captured the Vietnam War's end, launched a "reunion" of those who covered the conflict
Closing in on 40 years
Dozens of talented women preceded Amelia Earhart, and thousands have followed, and each has her own groundbreaking story to tell
Two hundred years later, debate continues over whether the famous explorer committed suicide or was murdered
Momentous or Merely Memorable
The abolitionist's bloody raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry 150 years ago set the stage for the Civil War
Temperatures at the Boiling Point
A chance discovery of police archives may reveal the fate of tens of thousands of people who disappeared in Guatemala's civil war
Athens’ New Acropolis Museum comes to America in an exhibition highlighting treasures of antiquity
An 1840s image captures an extremist's fervor
A 1910 wildfire that raged across three Western states helped advance the nation’s conservation efforts
Thousands of World War II prisoners ended up in mills, farm fields and even dining rooms across the United States
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