“Talk about a real-life Robin Hood!”
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
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
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
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
In 1934, eight men were fined $1 each …. … for bathing topless at Coney
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
Within the last week a LinkedIn post showed a block building being constructed by a
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
It is so easy to whine about how 'there's nothing to watch on cable' tonight.
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
No? Well, Abraham Lincoln did. In 1864 he was running for re-election against a very
This is a sight that, sadly, is more than an historic snapshot of the past.
DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny
Eagle, Alaska was one of those communities that could never have been established anywhere else
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
When Elsa Einstein, Albert’s wife, was being shown around the Mount Wilson Observatory, she was
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
In the early days of football, the referees wore white shirts with bowties. But often,
Nome, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, does not have any nearby forests.
One of the most iconic images of the Arctic for tourists is the blanket toss.
One of my favorite anecdotes, hopefully true, involves a couple from Iowa who were visiting
In the teens, someone who was incredibly stupid was known as being “as cunning as
In the days before the automobile, everything you needed came to your local store in
One of the historical tidbits students miss is the importance of the United States Postal
One of the nice things about historic photographs – please excuse the pun – is
