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Sir Basil Zaharoff was the archetypal "merchant of death"—an arms salesman who made a career out of selling to both sides in a conflict
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The secret of Glamis Castle—a concealed room, a hidden heir—was one of the great talking points of the 19th century. But will the mystery ever be resolved?
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The inventor, the celebrity and the royal highness couldn’t resist the draw of making a grand gesture to the love of their life
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Why bother with cloning and time travel, when your dream safari awaits on a nearby planet?
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Recently reissued, William L. Shirer's seminal 1960 history of Nazi Germany is still important reading
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In 1930, many football fans believed the college game was better than the professional one
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A century ago, Douglas Mawson saw his two companions die and found himself stranded in the midst of Antarctic blizzards
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A rundown of historians, authors and bloggers to follow in the coming year
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History often plays linguistic tricks on us, especially when it comes to rapidly changing technologies
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Charles J. Guiteau said he wanted to kill President James A. Garfield "in an American manner."
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Sightseeing across the country in an atomic-powered "pleasure ball"
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The public's fascination with the concept of "movable pavement" extends back more than 130 years
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No one had ever tunneled under a major river before Marc Brunel began a shaft below London's river in the 1820s
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A 1912 photograph proves explorer Captain Robert Scott reached the South Pole—but wasn't the first
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Scientific progress during the 20th century prompted a number of predictions about an impending cure
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A special visit from the Ghost of Christmas Retro-Future
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In 1912, the French chocolate company Lombart printed a series of six collectible cards envisioning daily life one hundred years in the future
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