“Some things you just can’t make up!”
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
Money does not exist. Only its value does. Go to the bank and ask to see the $1,000 in your
Why Are High Schools Graduating Illiterate Seniors? If you really want to know what is happening in America’s schools, do
Coming Out of the Water Dry (The 1838 Missouri Extermination Order) “The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must
When Detective Heinz Noonan arrives in Spokane to investigate a simple case of double obituaries, he has no idea he’s
Detective Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Homes,” is sent to Virginia Beach, North Carolina, to find 30 antique Christian crosses that
Why would anyone steal something that has no value? And then stick the insurance company for a ten-million-dollar loss? That’s
How can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in
The Alaska Gold Rush is the least studied era of United States history. If you pull up Alaska Gold Rush
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
He was known as “Indian Charlie.” His real name was Charles Curtis. And he was
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
Edward Hines. He was a Commissioner of the Wayne County Road Commission in Michigan from
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
In 1854, Levi Boone became Mayor of Chicago on the Know-Nothing Party whose tenets were
Today, “horsepower” is a measure of strength of a car. But that has only been
One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco
When you make something illegal, all you do is raise its price. Marijuana smokers in
Actually, it is. Before 1966, Catholics were not allowed to eat meat during Lent. So,
Here’s a glimpse of the authentic “Western” sound! Not a guitar or banjo to be
If you are older than 50, you will have no problem reading this license plate
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy
One of the easiest things to do is believe “it can’t happen here.” Well, it
When Alaska became a state, there was shortage of coins, particularly in the bush. Most
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
Yeah, I know. “Photoshop.” Actually, no. It is a double-exposure from 100 years ago. During
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
One of my favorite anecdotes, hopefully true, involves a couple from Iowa who were visiting
This scene, which happened in Anchorage, Alaska, happened all across the country in the 1920s
Truth is NOT a matter of perspective. What is true remains the same from every
