
The German POWs Who Lived, Worked, and Loved in Texas
How German POWs populated small-town America during World War II.
How German POWs populated small-town America during World War II.
Impress the locals during your next visit to the City in a Forest.
Vaughn Meader skyrocketed to stardom with his impersonation of John F. Kennedy in the early 1960s, even winning a Grammy. But it all came crashing down the day the President was assassinated.
Ten revealing true stories of how our nation’s greatest romantics in chief put a ring on it.
The Centennial Light in Livermore, California, has been burning since 1901.
What we know about the "Ju-Jitsu Girl" of England.
In the summer of 1982, Michael Fagan managed to sneak past Buckingham Palace security and find his way into Queen Elizabeth II's bedroom while she slept. It wasn't his first royal break-in.
Remember how scared we were of satanic cults, Y2K, and nuclear war? (Okay, we're still scared of nuclear war.)
The gruesome way the author of Frankenstein coped with her husband's death.
Miniature horses used to lug around far more than tiny carriages.
Glaswegians feel very strongly about the Duke of Wellington's unusual topper.
Lewis Carroll's masterpiece turns 150 years old this year.
If President Grant were alive today, he'd have quite a few points on his license by now.
How one conwoman made millions pretending to be related to the steel magnate.
Viewers have broken down the factors that cause Bob Ross to hit all the right ASMR buttons.
The story of how television personality and painter Bob Ross ended up with a lifelong perm.
A far-flung maritime empire built on guano, chemical weapons, coal, and just because: these are the stories of the U.S. territories.
In this 1954 commercial-film, a family takes a road trip in their Chevrolet and learns the do's and don’ts of auto travel.
The story of how Annette Kowalski and Bob Ross met, founded a worldwide company, and made a surprising star of the mild-mannered painter.
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 190th installment in the series.
From its unconventional delivery methods to its crime-fighting prowess, here are 12 interesting facts about the United States Postal Service.
The failed lawyer, newspaperman, and evangelist—enraged that the president’s advisors had refused him an ambassadorship he believed he deserved—had been stalking Garfield for months, intent on killing him.