“He smelled like rotting fish!?”
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
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
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
Yes, it is! Because the British Navy was prohibited from ruling on land, AND there
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
This was Mary Katherine Goddard, one of the first women publishers in America. She ran
Eagle, Alaska was one of those communities that could never have been established anywhere else
Actually, they were. In 1749, the Duke of Portland and the Earl of Chesterfield made
In the 1870s, America’s foremost – and first – political cartoonist, Thomas Nast, attacked Boss
Next time you complain about the postal service, look at what it WAS. This photograph
lice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, didn’t give a whit about the ‘proper
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
This is a photograph of a real black cowboy. His name was Nat Love –
Next time someone talks about ‘everyone having guns in the Wild West,’ remind them that
In 1958, while on tour with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and The Chantels, the promoter
In the days before GPS, the maritime industry created nautical charts using bottles. It’s true.
Here’s a blast from the past. This is Joshua Pusey, the inventor of the matchbook.
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
Every generation of Americans has a boogeyman. The ‘evil immigrants’ have included the French, English,
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
I’ll bet you are thinking what I was thinking when I first saw this children’s
There’s been a lot of talk lately about who the “real” Americans are. The implication