HISTORY

Coal was at the heart of early 19th-century England’s industrial progress, but until this lamp came along there was no safe way to see inside the mines.

Blanketed in forests, and bordered on one side by thousands of miles of coastline, Maine is full of wonders both natural and human-made.

From cranberry sauce to corned beef and cabbage, here's how we got 15 (sometimes polarizing) classics.

Whether the cause of conflict was threats to a nation’s entire grain supply or the loss of a lone pig, these foods all ended up smack in the middle of war.

Matilde Moisant and Harriet Quimby were by all outward appearances proper Edwardian ladies, but looks can be deceiving.

James Bond wasn't the only spy with cool gadgets in the 20th century.

When the Civil War ended in 1865, many Confederate supporters decided that the South was no longer hospitable.

From funeral parades to breakfast beignets, life in Louisiana is all about celebrating the good times.

6. Mark Twain once called Memphis the "Good Samaritan City of the Mississippi."

She was a rock star of the late Victorian circus, but gave it all up to run a grocery store.

Spiking the punch bowl with LSD just isn't a thing anymore.

Just another one of Einstein's gifts to humanity...