Despite its persistence in popular culture, extraterrestrial life owes more to the imagination than reality
With hundreds of moving parts, the Great Historical Clock of America has been revived
As secession loomed, the Fourth of July took on new significance
From Albany to Buffalo, navigate the history of the famed waterway
“The Nation We Build Together” questions American ideals through exhibits on democracy, religion, diversity and more
Mom and pop motels once dominated American highways. Now, they're an endangered species
The struggle continues for the people who have lived on the continent for 50,000 years
Three days of violence forced African-American families to run for their lives and the aftereffects are still felt in the Illinois city today
A new Smithsonian Channel series takes a fresh, vibrant look at five decades of historical footage
The American History Museum opens a trio of timely new shows on democracy, religion and immigration
The intended audience for the document could be found in the royal houses of France and Spain
Before chronicling the Civil War, the nation's first photojournalist took these portraits
As Ringling Bros. packs up its tent for good, all sorts of newfangled spectacles have sprung up to take its place
When hurricane-force winds suddenly struck the Bay, they swept more than 100 boaters into one of the worst sailing disasters in modern American history
The first families of the sugary treat stir up another season of making history by the bite
He pulled off one of the greatest military feats ever. Now new scientific evidence points to Hannibal's legendary route to Rome
It’s 500 years since the start of the Protestant Reformation—here’s what you can still see today
J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI took the credit, but it was really only because of a German defector that the plans were blown
The tale of this monster grew in the telling, but the carnage still left nearly 100 dead
His journal and hiking boots are in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
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