America’s favorite processed breakfast was once the pinnacle of healthfulness—and spiritual purity
When a Texas railway agent came up with a new marketing scheme, he had no idea how explosive it would be
Ceja Vineyards breathes new life into Napa Valley’s wine industry
For five days in July, the Motor City was under siege from looters and soldiers alike
Anna Morandi was the brains and the skilled hand of an unusual husband-wife partnership
According to the historians and art directors from Composite Films who worked meticulously on America in Color, these were some of their favorite subjects
How peering at babies through glass became a feel-good staple of American maternity wards
How the retail store that taught America how to shop navigated more than a century of economic and cultural change
Dolley Madison, the First Lady of president James Madison was a Jackie Kennedy of her time
Is this tonal shift for real -- or will the European nation continue to obfuscate its history?
In the early 20th century, 96% of all jobs on the U.S. rail network were male. But by the start of WWI, it fell on women to fill in for them
Elbridge Gerry was a powerful voice in the founding of the nation, but today he's best known for the political practice with an amphibious origin
From a KKK hood to an anti-Chinese pistol, a new exhibition shows America’s fraught history of deciding who to include in democracy
Retrofitted by the British Navy, the paddleboat saved 7,000 men over many dangerous trips across the Channel
In the deadly Astor Place Riot, how to perform Shakespeare served as a proxy for class warfare
Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun to rotate
Chart humanity's course through history with these antique navigational tools
When U.S. troops launched their assault on the Pacific island of Okinawa, they expected a fierce resistance from an entrenched Japanese army
James Monroe’s 1817 goodwill tour kicked off a decade of party-less government – but he couldn’t stop the nation from dividing again
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