“Some things you just can’t make up!”
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
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
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
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
In February of 1917, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and self-confessed harlot, was arrested in
This is one of those “Really?!” photographs. This is actually an excellent representation of our
In 1838, Louis Daguerre was experimenting with a new technology called photography in Paris. Compared
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
There is an old joke that you never have to outrun an angry bear. All
In these days of the COVID19, people are looking back at the Spanish Influenza of
DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny
While the Afghanistan War was America’s longest, the shortest was the Spanish American War. It
I’d like to believe this photoshop. But then, again ……….. My father – like all
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
If there is any one photograph from Alaska that should send shivers down the spine
One of the constants in America is discrimination against some ethnic, religious or cultural group.
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
This WAS. Here, in 1932, my father’s family posed for a portrait in their garden.
While there is always competition for who is best, rarely for who is worst, but
The greatest shortcoming of American education is the belief that you ‘teach for the job.’
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
In 1919, a hack writer by the name of Johnston McCulley wrote a five-part story
If you are a pilot and are planning on making airdrops, make absolutely certain that
