“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
As you are reading this, are being quarantined offshore in San Francisco because they might
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Why? Because the first railroads
This was Bishop Rowe in about 1920. No pictures of Billy the Horse exist. During
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
There is a golden age of innovation, literature and art coming! How do I know?
When it comes to the Alaska Gold Rush, cats don’t get a lot of credit.
This is a photograph of a bank run in 1929. These people are scared their
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
George Franklin Wade had an astonishing record of both criminal activity and escapes. He was
Wanna party?! This is a photograph of an ‘entertaining’ evening in Koyukuk in 1900, just
No, it is not THE Louvre. It is the ‘Temporary Louvre,’ a saloon in Juneau
Like your job? Like your doctor? Have you thanked your grandmother lately? (Or your great-grandmother
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery was clear: “I am naturally
