From pulling milk carts to herding reindeer, dogs have had some odd jobs
Scientific methods, rising literacy and an increasingly mobile society were key ingredients for a culinary revolution
In 19th-century New England, the books that taught kids how to read had a Puritanical morbidity to them
In 1940, Princess Elizabeth was tasked with an important job by prime minister Winston Churchill: to give a morale-boosting radio speech to her subjects
A new movie sets its doomed entrepreneurs amidst 17th-century “tulipmania”—but historians of the phenomenon have their own bubble to burst
From log cabins to Gilded Age mansions, how you lived determined where you belonged
The Prince of Wales' 21st birthday party was held in the royal venue of Windsor Castle. Despite the security measures, an uninvited man was able to get in
A founder of the NCAA, Walter Camp thought that sport was the cure for the social anxiety facing parents in America's upper class
Windsor Castle, the scene of a disastrous fire in 1992, was badly in need of restoration. One problem: The bill was likely to be in the millions
Are these priceless artifacts or worthless trinkets? No one knows for sure, but a local art gallery is pitching in to find out
A new ritual speaks to anxieties surrounding the medicalization of childbearing
In his new book, Ted Genoways follows a family farm and the ways they’re impacted by geopolitics
Ksiaz Castle in southern Poland sits atop a remarkable complex of underground tunnels built by the Nazis in 1944
The year the first enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown is drilled into students’ memories, but overemphasizing this date distorts history
In 1987, two adventurers from New Zealand made a daring--and illegal--televised bungee jump off the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
From an elegant solution to urban density to a magnificent financial hub
Director Peter Jackson has a fantastic collection of 70 WWI planes. But host Phil Keoghan isn't just interested in seeing them--he wants to fly one
Tearing down monuments is only the beginning to understanding the false narrative of Jim Crow
The beloved novelist is the latest icon in the Bank of England's long—and fraught—tradition of gendering finance
Collaboration between museums and indigenous groups provides educational opportunities, archival documentation—and ethical dilemmas
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