HISTORY

Purchasing a diamond engagement ring? You can thank a De Beers marketing campaign that started in the 1930s.

Long before settlers reached the Wild, Wild West, another brand of cowboy was mucking it up in Florida's swamps.

From Memorial Day to Labor Day, people in the U.S. eat more than 7 billion hot dogs. In 1939, that included the Roosevelts and their guests, the King and Queen of England.

Seventy years after the first atomic bomb was detonated in New Mexico, we’re still feeling the political and scientific shockwaves.

Honest Abe was many things, but a strict, no-nonsense father wasn't one of them.

America didn't invent the notion of fast food. Easy, greasy fare has been around for thousands of years.

It's home to the Liberty Bell, the Declaration of Independence, and delicious, delicious cheesesteaks. But there's even more to celebrate about the City of Brotherly Love.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, people knew electricity was the next big thing—they just weren’t sure how to use it. So they tried it all.

This weekend, the New York Transit Museum is dusting off vintage subway cars from the early 20th century so 21st century New Yorkers can ride the rails to Coney Island.

In the summer of 1849, a magician billed as "The Unparalleled Necromancer" gave an unforgettable performance—made even more memorable by the fact that he was actually Charles Dickens.

Thaddeus Marshall owned the famous wheelbarrow at the center of poet William Carlos Williams' most famous work. Nearly a century later, he's finally getting his proper due.