“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
This is Quanah Parker, war leader of the Kwahadi (“Antelope”) band of the Comanches. He
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Centennial-of-1916-SF-bombing-that-led-to-8381615.php By Carl Nolte July 16, 2016 Updated: July 16, 2016 3:00pm
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane. We will not have another century
This is not photoshop. It is an actual sculpture and it symbolizes my mantra as
While on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ‘came up empty.’
Yup, that’s right. Those books are chained to a library shelf. That’s how valuable these
The single, most important reason to read history – ANY HISTORY – is because things
One of the easiest things to do is complain. And the people who do it
One hundred years ago, a rag-tag army of military officers and civilians like these men
During the Second World War, the Germans were trying to bomb the Suez Canal to
Here’s a REAL Alaska Gold Rush saloon! It’s from the Koyukuk, one of the real-life
Courtesy of the Alaska Gold Rush, we have two Alaskan terms in common usage –
This is as Alaskan as you can get. What you are seeing is a line
Connie the Wiggler wasn't a singer or even a star of the stage but
Legend has it the Persian emperor Jamsheed loved grapes so much he stored them in
There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.
Sometimes it is the ‘little things’ that tell the “big story.’ As an example, here,
George Franklin Wade had an astonishing record of both criminal activity and escapes. He was
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
This is a common sight in most American communities west of the Mississippi. When those
Bitcoins and money. Prior to Alaska statehood, there is a dearth of coins. BIG transactions