American History
The Broken Promise of the Levees That Failed New Orleans
A piece of concrete serves as a reminder of how Hurricane Katrina shattered a city's faith
Human Bones Found Near Pennsylvania Highway Could Be From the 1918 Flu
Roadside construction reveals mass gravesite
How a Hellish Road Trip Revolutionized American Highways
Quicksand, food rationing, and embarrassment may have prompted Ike to push for a better highway system
Steve Jobs is About to Get His Own Opera
But will it include a singing Woz?
Astronauts Fill Out Customs Forms, Too
Read Buzz Aldrin's expense report and customs form from his Apollo 11 mission to the moon
How Physics Drove the Design of the Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
The gun-like design of the Little Boy bomb was effectively the last of its kind
Teen Schools Professor on "No Irish Need Apply" Signs
Armed with a Google search and a theory, a 14-year-old enters the fray on a longstanding historical debate
The United States Once Invaded and Occupied Haiti
In 1915, American troops began a 19-year, unofficial occupation of the Caribbean nation
NYC Subway Technology Goes Way Back...to the 1930s
America's busiest subway system relies on vintage machines
70 Years Ago, a B-25 Bomber Crashed Into the Empire State Building
14 people died in the accident
Tour the World’s First Nuclear Power Plant
The historic site in a remote desert is now a museum where visitors can see the instruments that made nuclear history
New Jamestown Discovery Reveals the Identities of Four Prominent Settlers
The findings by Smithsonian scientists dig up the dynamics of daily life in the first permanent British settlement in the colonies
Visit D.C.'s Best Off-the-Beaten-Path Historic Homes and Gardens
History, nature and culture combine at these fascinating estates and gardens in our nation's capital
The Entertaining Saga of the Worst Crook in Colonial America
Stephen Burroughs was a thief, a counterfeiter and a convicted criminal. A rare piece of his fake currency is in the collections
A DNA Search for the First Americans Links Amazon Groups to Indigenous Australians
The new genetic analysis takes aim at the theory that just one founding group settled the Americas
In the 1960s, One Man Took Washington D.C.’s Rat Problem Into His Own Hands, Literally
And challenged the city’s race and wealth divide in the process
Divers Turn to Robots for Help Scouring the Pacific for Long-Lost WWII Soldiers
An ongoing effort to recover those missing in action teams military historians, volunteers and scientists
The Statue of Liberty Arrived in New York in 350 Pieces
Luckily, she also came with an instruction manual
One Man's Obsession With Antique Toys Resulted in a Museum
The Portland, Oregon, attraction is more than just the stuff of Kidd's play
What Killed the Dinosaurs in Utah's Giant Jurassic Death Pit?
Paleontologists are gathering evidence that may help crack the 148-million-year-old mystery, including signs of poisoned predators
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