“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
One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco
Wilson Mizner, the loveable scoundrel of the Alaska Gold Rush, worked as a bartender in
In 1919, a hack writer by the name of Johnston McCulley wrote a five-part story
From 1438 to 1532, the Inca Empire covered what is now Peru and Ecuador along
In many parts of the US, women were voting long before August 20, 1920. In
The most popular boogey man right now is AI. AI, “Artificial Intelligence” is supposed to
Everyone loves a Fourth of July Parade! One of the nice things about historic photographs
Starting in 1938, Emerich Juettner – also known as Edward Mueller –started counterfeiting one dollar
If you are older than 50, you will have no problem reading this license plate
I’ll bet you think you are looking at flowers. WRONG! These are ‘fields’ of abandoned
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
This is not a photoshop. Yes, there is a river down there. This is Tianmen
There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the
This is the interior of a real Alaska Gold Rush saloon. It was in Koyukuk
President Calvin Coolidge could be a prankster. He would sometimes page a Secret Service agent.
Ballyhoo. Now here’s a word you don’t hear every day. At least not yet. It’s
Seen this before, right? Well, did you notice the bundles of twigs beneath both his
Today, Horace Greeley is best known for his advice, “Go West, young man, and grow
