“What’s the problem? It’s just a selfie!”
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane. We will not have another century
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
When Coke was introduced in China in 1982, Chinese shopkeepers sold the beverage as kekoukela.
Because banking was NOT in the United States Constitution, anyone could open a bank. And
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
Nice, eh? Historic but nice. Well, these are fashions from my great grandparents’ women’s fashion
Legend has it the Persian emperor Jamsheed loved grapes so much he stored them in
During the Second World War, the Germans were trying to bomb the Suez Canal to
Talk about truth being stranger than fiction! In 1898, during the Klondike Rush, a young
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny
This is called a sport fishing fantasy. But you have to be careful with fantasies.
You cannot tell some people to ‘be normal.’ And particularly not a woman in the
This is one of those “Really?!” photographs. This is actually an excellent representation of our
There is a stark lesson in the Brett Kavanaugh nomination imbroglio. It is as old
If you are older than 50, you will have no problem reading this license plate
lice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, didn’t give a whit about the ‘proper
John Wesley Hardin stands out as the most ruthless killer in not only the Old
This is the interior of a real Alaska Gold Rush saloon. It was in Koyukuk
To this day, one-third of Alaska’s population lives in villages that are not connected to
Graciously historically, scientifically, and forensically stated, there was some cannibalism associated with the Donner Party.
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get