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One hundred fifty years ago, the Kansas-Nebraska Act set the stage for America's civil war
Who built them and why? An amateur archaeologist tries to get to the bottom of some astonishing structures in Tibet and Sichuan Province, China
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An artifact from the doomed ocean liner evokes that catastrophic night in April 1912
A Vietnam War protester recalls a seminal '60s image, part of a new book celebrating French photographer Marc Riboud's 50-year career
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From our archives: How the republic’s troubled history set the stage for future discord and a possible new Cold War
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Retracing the route of captured American and Filipino soldiers on the Bataan Peninsula in World War II, the author grapples with their sacrifice
A cache of recently discovered letters darkens the British naval warrior's honor and enhances that of his long-suffering wife, Frances
Priceless wisdom that changed my life
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Smithsonian's wide-ranging mummy collection still speaks to us from centuries past
Fifteen years later, a photograph of an anonymous protester facing down a row of tanks in Beijing's Tiananmen Square still inspires astonishment
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Descended from American Colonists who fled north rather than join the revolution, Canada's Tories still raise their tankards to King George
Coming to terms with Shiite beliefs
For nearly a century, the nation's 15 million Shiite Muslims have been denied access to political power
A quarter century of civil war over festering ethnic animosities has renewed questions about the U.S. role in the African nation
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The legendary explorers carried destiny on their expedition. But they could not have fulfilled is without this unprepossessing device
The American journalist's harrowing 1871 quest to find England's most celebrated explorer is also a story of newfound fascination with Africa
In a new book, a British journalist documents the day-by-day march into conflict in Iraq
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In the 1970s, British accountant Alfred Wainwright linked back roads, rights-of-way and ancient footpaths to blaze a trail across the sceptered isle
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There was no love lost between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin. But at the very brink of failure, they found a way to reach agreement
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