HISTORY

The USCGC McCulloch was part of the Asiatic Squadron, a group of U.S. Navy warships that fought in the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay.

The initiative coincides with the birthday of Anne Frank.

Flag Day is June 14. If you’re wondering what that date has to do with the Stars and Stripes, why the flag looks the way it does, who came up with it, who paid for it, and what you can and can’t do with it—read on.

These secret cults worshiped lesser-known gods outside the official pantheon—and their rituals were sometimes bizarre.

King Zog of Albania planned to recreate his court in a Long Island mansion—but he never even visited.

French naval officer, explorer, and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau helped millions of people learn about what goes on under the ocean's surface—but he originally wanted to fly.

Few games took a straightforward path to success.

In 1969, one school computer filled multiple rooms, broke down constantly, and was brilliant.

She's got a lot of nicknames—and "The Statue of Liberty" is one of them.

Ed White loved it. He had to be ordered repeatedly to come back inside the spacecraft.

He communicated in a secret code.

Poo problems, prostate pain, and lustful longings: The story behind Freud’s first (and only) trip to the U.S.