HISTORY

While it has always referred to nimble, fleet-footed dancing, the imagery associated with the phrase "tripping the light fantastic" is a matter of profound disagreement.

Over several decades beginning in 1607, Jamestown nearly collapsed multiple times as colonists succumbed to disease and famine.

No fortune-telling skills are required to play this classic French tarot card game.

It has been more than 120 years since the ice cream sandwich was first invented. In that time, the treat has evolved—and dozens of other countries have adopted the frozen treat to their own tastes.

Though Nichelle Nichols was best known for her role as Lieutenant Uhura on 'Star Trek,' she also played a key role in the formation of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program and inspired generations of STEM leaders.

Monica “Monty” Dickens was well-known in her lifetime and, like her great-grandfather, had a profound effect on the English language—if not quite in the way she intended.

From the first ovens to sliced bread, these are some of the inventions that shaped the culinary world.

Few volcanoes had had such a dramatic and devastating impact on the world as Indonesia's Mount Tambora.

Did you realize how many idioms commonly used today have their origins in Renaissance literature and culture of the 16th and 17th centuries? These trendy turns of phrase are the best things since sliced bread—and nearly half a millennium older.

The 2022 vandalization of the 'Mona Lisa' was just the latest incident where famous art was attacked.

For more than a century, the Astors were the richest family in America, and their shrewd marriages linked them to some of the most politically powerful families.

The woman known as "Jane Roe" left an enormous mark on the nation’s political landscape—one that’s still at the fore a half-century later.