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Getting ready for America 250? Here are some US history facts most people get wrong Read More

Forensic scientists say the Pentagon could use DNA to help identify missing service members faster. Read More

Martha Mitchell was a flamboyant Washington socialite whose husband was embroiled in the Watergate scandal. Her shocking claims of a "dirty... Read More

Outbreaks during World War II and the Korean War were likely linked to activities like digging trenches. Read More

By cracking the enigma codes, the work of British code breakers at Bletchley Park foiled the German U-boat threat. Read More

‍Even Calvin Coolidge made mistakes. He made two after being elected president in his own right in 1924. Both mistakes related—one... Read More

It’s where the British perfected their system of enslaved labor, George Washington visited and colonialism’s legacy can still... Read More

Nearly 500 years ago, a Moroccan man walked thousands of miles from Florida to the Pacific Coast, becoming the first known outsider to see... Read More

How the BFI saved and restored a remarkable film by cutting-edge Australian cinematographer Frank Hurley, captured from rigging and ice... Read More

Without intervention, the important surviving physical evidence and the opportunity for commemoration will be lost. Read More

On 31 May 1786 Paris relished the humiliation of Marie Antoinette as the Affaire du collier de la reine concluded in court. Read More

The chariot was used in Chinese warfare from around 1250 BCE but enjoyed its heyday between the 8th and 5th century BCE... Read More

The destruction of Pompeii is one of antiquity’s most famous disasters, but its exact date remains fiercely debated. From pomegranates... Read More

Every continent (other than Antarctica) has been home to ancient civilizations. How well do you know our ancient, global past? Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal turning point in the Civil War. Should the Union capture the stronghold, the South's hold on the... Read More

Gas. Meat. Flights. Houses. The cost of living is up. Inflation is rearing its head again. And as it rises higher, inflation risks... Read More

What funamentally is the dollar, and who controls it? Read More

Ron Page's son is on a podcast about his father's experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese. Read More

A new movie starring Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser dramatizes the tense 72 hours before the Allied invasion of Normandy, revealing how... Read More

By organizing weekly gatherings of political leaders and citizens, she proved democracy works best when rivals see one another as human... Read More

The Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker on his new 20-part docuseries, the legacy of 'Saving Private Ryan,' and his vision for America on its... Read More

In National Treasure, Michael Auslin makes the case that the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence remains our best rallying cry for... Read More

Shortly after the war, more than 171,000 remains were returned to the U.S., while next of kin chose to have more than 110,000 buried overseas. Read More

Freeman Johnson is only of only 11 Pearl Harbor attack survivors who are still living. Read More

Every profession has its vices. All too often, historians vainly imagine that they can understand the past more wisely than those who lived... Read More

Scott A Leadingham puts his list in chronological order and it is hard to argue with his first and last choices.  Read More

In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ice... Read More

The often fatal virus is believed to have spread from infected animals, likely bats. Read More

‍Even Calvin Coolidge made mistakes. He made two after being elected president in his own right in 1924. Both mistakes related—one... Read More

When Red Army troops entered Berlin's Jewish Hospital in 1945, they were astonished to discover hundreds of Jews living just a couple of... Read More

Cheering crowds, fast horses, dramatic accidents, and even a little sorcery made up a typical day of chariot racing in Rome as thousands... Read More

The English assumed people they colonized would convert to their way of life, including Protestant Christianity – an assumption reflected... Read More

Merlin, Camelot, the Grail, and the Round Table   Read More

Louisville’s Galt House Hotel was an unlikely place for a deadly encounter between two guests, particularly when they were fellow Union... Read More

In the spring of 1258, the clatter of plate armour replaced the hushed tones of diplomacy as a group of defiant barons stormed Westminster... Read More

It took an Irish Gothic novelist to tie up centuries of demonic mythology surrounding the bat with the publication of Bram... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More