“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
Mary Dyer was the first woman in American history to be hanged. In 1685, she
This is the Kay Linton Memorial Ice Fountain outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska.
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
Nine miles Southeast of Skwentna and 59 miles north of Tyonek – and, yes, these
When it comes to sexual equality, until 1919 women were not guaranteed the right to
Nothing pictures. We all have them. Photographs of, well, nothing in particular. Not worth savings
We hear it every day. America is so violent! Never has there been so much
The greatest shortcoming of American education is the belief that you ‘teach for the job.’
Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,
Yeah, I know. “Photoshop.” Actually, no. It is a double-exposure from 100 years ago. During
Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea
He was James Brown Miller and he was a hired killer, from 1861 until he
In Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush, Scurvy Bill, Two Tooth Mike and Half-Kid, stole
It is so easy to whine about how 'there's nothing to watch on cable' tonight.
Contrary to popular belief, history is not the story of the past. It is the
Actually, it is. Before 1966, Catholics were not allowed to eat meat during Lent. So,
[huge_it_video_player id="5"] To paraphrase Al Jolson, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” (If you’re a millennial,
On October 25, 1774, in support of the Boston Tea Party, Edenton, North Carolina, held
Anthony "Tony" Dimond, Alaska's lone delegate to the United States Congress from 1933 to 1944,
