“Talk about a real-life Robin Hood!”
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
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
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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
In 1934, eight men were fined $1 each …. … for bathing topless at Coney
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation. A case in point is that of
Here’s a blast from the past. This is Joshua Pusey, the inventor of the matchbook.
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
As printed in the Tacoma Evening News on March 3, 1903, C. Payne, an armless
where the temperature gets all the way down to 65!, in most of Alaska, 65
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
On December 31, 1899, Captain John Phillips in command of the SS Warrimoo discovered he
One of the givens in the United States is the USPS, United States Postal Service.
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. This is Wojtek. The bear, that is. He was
One of the easiest things to do is complain. And the people who do it
This is called a sport fishing fantasy. But you have to be careful with fantasies.
There’s been a lot of talk lately about who the “real” Americans are. The implication
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
Welcome to Nome, Alaska on July 4, 1900! Talk about a tough city! It was
Everyone has a different perspective on life. As you can see, Salvadore Dali’s view of
From 1438 to 1532, the Inca Empire covered what is now Peru and Ecuador along
[huge_it_video_player id="4"] The single most important survival ability in any field is creative thinking. Anyone
Ballyhoo. Now here’s a word you don’t hear every day. At least not yet. It’s
During the Alaska Gold Rush there was no liquor in Alaska. According to the United
Before there was a Wild West, bandanas were the rage in England among the wealthy.
This is Quanah Parker, war leader of the Kwahadi (“Antelope”) band of the Comanches. He
