Because banking was NOT in the United States Constitution, anyone could open a bank.  And

No, it is not because Christ supposedly fed 5,000 worshipers with two fish and five

John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot

Talk about speed!  A little more than 100 years ago – on October 10, 1913

Here’s a glimpse of the past and the future together.  Can you identify the man

During the Alaska Gold Rush there was no liquor in Alaska. According to the United

    Sometimes it does not pay to advertise.

After the death of Harry Reichenbach, the leading ballyhooer of the era was Jim Moran,

Anne Royall was one of – if not the first – first female journalist. She

While on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ‘came up empty.’

Politics boring? Well, you don’t know how lucky you are. In America, you have a

Henri Matisse did, as a matter of fact.  Of his wife. In 1905. When he

When stolen diamonds vanish into a traveling Russian art exhibit, Captain Heinz Noonan uncovers a clever smuggling scheme hidden inside duct tape masterpieces.

There is an old Alaska bush pilot adage I take to heart every day of

A soldier falls for a beautiful woman aboard a wartime ferry. When she vanishes without a trace, the legend of a ghost is born—until Captain Noonan sees the truth hidden in history.

I’d like to believe this photoshop. But then, again ………..  My father – like all

When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to

As part of his duties as King of Prussia, Frederick William I, King of Prussia,

When an entire store vanishes overnight on the Outer Banks, Heinz Noonan uncovers a hidden motive tied to history, shipwrecks, and something far more valuable than the building itself.

Declared dead by mistake in France, a woman spends three years trapped as the “living dead” without identity or freedom.

One of my favorite anecdotes, hopefully true, involves a couple from Iowa who were visiting

Rome was, to use a modern term, on the gold standard.  The gold, in this

While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but

There is an old joke that you never have to outrun an angry bear.  All