“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
Unless you live in Alaska, this photograph will have no meaning at all. To those
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
It is easy to talk about ‘leaping into the future.’ The reality is substantially different.
This was the solution to the energy crisis in Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush.
Nothing pictures. We all have them. Photographs of, well, nothing in particular. Not worth savings
If it takes you longer than ten seconds to read this license plate holder, you
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
This was Otto Skorzney, considered to be “the most dangerous man in Europe” during the
Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist.
This is a juggernaut, the origin of the term for a huge, powerful, and overwhelming
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
Next time you turn on the tap and let the water d-r-a-i-n while you brush
Louis XI of France, 3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483, was a master of
I’ll bet you didn’t know that Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” was based on a
Mary Dyer was the first woman in American history to be hanged. In 1685, she
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
