“What’s the problem? It’s just a selfie!”
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
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
During the Second World War, French singer Edith Piaf was stuck in Paris. To stay
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was
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
During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental
It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
After the Civil War, the field of photography took a deplorable turn. Many families had
During the Alaska Gold Rush, it was said of Erwin A. “Nimrod” Robertson that he
When hard-core Russian Marxist writer Maxim Gorky came to America, his hosts took him to
History is sometimes not kind to one’s reputation. A case in point is that of
When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to
Welcome to Nome, Alaska on July 4, 1900! Talk about a tough city! It was
This is an iconic image of Americana: a newspaper boy. He was the Yahoo of
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
[huge_it_video_player id="5"] To paraphrase Al Jolson, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” (If you’re a millennial,
Henri Matisse did, as a matter of fact. Of his wife. In 1905. When he
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
The real lesson of COVID-19 has yet to learned. The ongoing reduction of income taxes
General Wilds P. Richardson arrived in the District of Alaska – Alaska was not a
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
This is called a sport fishing fantasy. But you have to be careful with fantasies.
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. This is Wojtek. The bear, that is. He was
Talk about truth being stranger than fiction! In 1898, during the Klondike Rush, a young
