“He collected cats?!”
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
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
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
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
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
If it takes you longer than ten seconds to read this license plate holder, you
This was Otto Skorzney, considered to be “the most dangerous man in Europe” during the
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
Here’s a blast from the past. This is Joshua Pusey, the inventor of the matchbook.
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
Occasionally, I see an upload which makes me want to stand up and cheer. This
This is an iconic image of Americana: a newspaper boy. He was the Yahoo of
No, it is not because Christ supposedly fed 5,000 worshipers with two fish and five
Wanna talk?! Here’s a stunning, historical image that most people would flip on by in
Captain Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was lusting after his Administrative
This photo encapsulates me as a writer and an American. As both writer and American,
In today’s dollars, the United States government spent $7.5 billion to build the Alaska Railroad
There is an old joke that you never have to outrun an angry bear. All
Jean Lussier was the ultimate entrepreneur. In 1928, he went over Niagara Falls in rubber
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
