“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
You cannot tell some people to ‘be normal.’ And particularly not a woman in the
Next time you are sitting in an airport terminal and complaining about how tough travel
During the Alaska Gold Rush, it was said of Erwin A. “Nimrod” Robertson that he
On December 31, 1899, Captain John Phillips in command of the SS Warrimoo discovered he
Anne Royall was one of – if not the first – first female journalist. She
Talk about truth being stranger than fiction! In 1898, during the Klondike Rush, a young
François Rabelais, the great French writer of the 1500s, was a master of creative thinking.
For most people, ‘yesterdays’ are not believable because the photos are black-and-white. This leads people
Is it possible to fly the distance of 1 ½ times around the world in
This is a juggernaut, the origin of the term for a huge, powerful, and overwhelming
The basic lesson of history NOT TAUGHT in schools today is events come in cycles.
If you live in New York, you will instantly recognize this building. If you don’t
In the Alaska dog racing biz, there is a prophetic expression: “unless you are the
Yup, that’s right. Those books are chained to a library shelf. That’s how valuable these
If you are older than 50, you will have no problem reading this license plate
Yes, this is a photograph of Bristol, England. It was alleged taken from the crest
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
In 1951, a snippy newspaper columnist suggested Marilyn Monroe would be better off wearing a
This is Quanah Parker, war leader of the Kwahadi (“Antelope”) band of the Comanches. He
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
Here’s one for the history books! In 2011, photographer David Slater went to Indonesia to
It is easy to write-off Sonny Bono as a second-rate singer, third-rate actor and fourth-rate