Mark Twain
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future; just follow the money! Every issue in human history has
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
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
No, and he’s not scratching anything. ‘Back in the day,’ which started with the Greeks,
For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have
Quoting Google: In May 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial” sculpture titled
The only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
This was the solution to the energy crisis in Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush.
After the Civil War, the field of photography took a deplorable turn. Many families had
In the days before the automobile, everything you needed came to your local store in
If it takes you longer than ten seconds to read this license plate holder, you
On October 25, 1774, in support of the Boston Tea Party, Edenton, North Carolina, held
In the Alaska dog racing biz, there is a prophetic expression: “unless you are the
In the 1870s, America’s foremost – and first – political cartoonist, Thomas Nast, attacked Boss
This Labor Day let’s remember – and thank – Francis Perkins. She was the longest
America has no standards, no royal families, no special people. If you are good and
Wanna talk?! Here’s a stunning, historical image that most people would flip on by in
Today, Horace Greeley is best known for his advice, “Go West, young man, and grow
It is so easy to whine about how 'there's nothing to watch on cable' tonight.
Actually, it is. During the Alaska Gold Rush there was not many United States dollars
One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco
In today’s dollars, the United States government spent $7.5 billion to build the Alaska Railroad
Courtesy of the Alaska Gold Rush, we have two Alaskan terms in common usage –
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
One of the short comings of the silver screen is it snapshots history. Movies ‘pretend’
This is a photograph of a real black cowboy. His name was Nat Love –
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
Next time you are sitting in an airport terminal and complaining about how tough travel
Here’s one for the history books! In 2011, photographer David Slater went to Indonesia to