“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
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
Unless you live in Alaska, this photograph will have no meaning at all. To those
Just across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, a booming metropolis of 26,255 in 2010,
If you are not an Alaskan, this picture will not mean much. So let’s get
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
This is an iconic image of Americana: a newspaper boy. He was the Yahoo of
No, it is not THE Louvre. It is the ‘Temporary Louvre,’ a saloon in Juneau
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
This WAS. Here, in 1932, my father’s family posed for a portrait in their garden.
Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was having a miserable day.
Is it possible to fly the distance of 1 ½ times around the world in
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
In Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush, Scurvy Bill, Two Tooth Mike and Half-Kid, stole
Judge George Wythe had a stellar career. In addition to being one of the signers
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
This is a common sight in most American communities west of the Mississippi. When those
Vicious maneaters, right? Actually that’s incorrect. In fact, the piranha got its reputation because of
During the Second World War, the Germans were trying to bomb the Suez Canal to
No, it is not because Christ supposedly fed 5,000 worshipers with two fish and five
