“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
[huge_it_video_player id="4"] The single most important survival ability in any field is creative thinking. Anyone
From 1438 to 1532, the Inca Empire covered what is now Peru and Ecuador along
Here’s a trick question: Who was the first President of the United States. For most
François Rabelais, the great French writer of the 1500s, was a master of creative thinking.
While on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ‘came up empty.’
During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing
Can you see the difference in height between these two men? No, these are not
Connie the Wiggler wasn't a singer or even a star of the stage but
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery was clear: “I am naturally
A HUGE THANKS TO Facebook Page Alaska Mystery Pictures, Investigating the Unknown People. One of
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
During the Alaska Gold Rush, it was said of Erwin A. “Nimrod” Robertson that he
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
This was Otto Skorzney, considered to be “the most dangerous man in Europe” during the
Graciously historically, scientifically, and forensically stated, there was some cannibalism associated with the Donner Party.
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
Nine miles Southeast of Skwentna and 59 miles north of Tyonek – and, yes, these
One of the nice things about historic photographs – please excuse the pun – is
