The granite dome became a symbol of American money stability during the Great Depression. Famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright ...

Steven Udvar-Hazy was born in Budapest in 1946 during Soviet control of Hungary. His classroom walls showed Stalin and Lenin ...

The quarantine officially began when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin closed the lunar module hatch on July 20, 1969, after ...

A historic plaque now marks the site of Hay’s showroom, commemorating the night when professional football found its future.

In 1940, the U.S. asked Ford to build bomber parts. Charles Sorensen had a bold idea instead: make whole planes on an ...

Dawn broke over Osawatomie on August 30, 1856, when 250 pro-slavery men from Missouri struck the small Kansas town. John Brown, staying at his half-sister’s cabin, rushed to fight back. His son ...

South Carolina: the Palmetto State, where the tea is sweet, the manners are strict, and the laws… took a sharp left somewhere after “Bless your heart.” While it’s a state steeped in Southern tradition ...

Most steamboats in the 1800s died young – just four or five years before fires, explosions, or river snags claimed them. Not the City of Hawkinsville. Built in Georgia in 1886, this tough wooden ...

California may be known for sunshine, beaches, and Hollywood glam, but the everyday habits of its residents can look completely unhinged to outsiders. To locals, though, these quirks are part of what ...