Not that one! This one!
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
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
How can a man drown in a hot air balloon? Can a boxcar disappear off a moving train, and is
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
The most popular boogey man right now is AI. AI, “Artificial Intelligence” is supposed to
There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the
Seen this before, right? Well, did you notice the bundles of twigs beneath both his
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
In 1951, a snippy newspaper columnist suggested Marilyn Monroe would be better off wearing a
Probably. But then again, it could said the archaeologist examining his corpse might have spilled
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
If you live in New York, you will instantly recognize this building. If you don’t
This WAS. Here, in 1932, my father’s family posed for a portrait in their garden.
This Labor Day let’s remember – and thank – Francis Perkins. She was the longest
John Wesley Hardin stands out as the most ruthless killer in not only the Old
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
Yes, this is a photograph of Bristol, England. It was alleged taken from the crest
Yup, that’s right. Those books are chained to a library shelf. That’s how valuable these
When Coke was introduced in China in 1982, Chinese shopkeepers sold the beverage as kekoukela.
One of the nice things about historic photographs – please excuse the pun – is
François Rabelais, the great French writer of the 1500s, was a master of creative thinking.
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
It is easy to write-off Sonny Bono as a second-rate singer, third-rate actor and fourth-rate
Legend has it the Persian emperor Jamsheed loved grapes so much he stored them in
There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people
One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco
This is called a sport fishing fantasy. But you have to be careful with fantasies.
Just a bunch of Eskimos, right? It’s one of those pictures you’d stumble upon in
Yup, it’s a sea horse. (No Photoshop necessary.) The scientific name for the seahorse is
This is the Culebra Cut in what would become the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal
