American History
Contrary to Popular Belief, This Famous Inventor Didn’t Electrocute Topsy the Elephant
If you're a history buff, you may have heard the story of "Topsy" the Elephant. And the story you know…
Dr. Seuss Propaganda: 9 Surprising World War II Propaganda Cartoons Drawn by the Famous Artist
Dr. Seuss is a household name around the United States, and his iconic children’s books from the 1950s continue to…
Lincoln’s Avenger: The Sad Life of Boston Corbett, the Man who Killed John Wilkes Booth
It is a fair comment to suggest that Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassin, Jack Ruby, is far better than known than…
This Woman Cheated Death Twice on the Same Day After a 1945 Disaster
If you ever think you’ve had a bad day at work, spare a thought for poor Betty Lou Oliver was…
Benjamin Franklin’s Little Known Nooky Column
Benjamin Franklin identified himself throughout his life as a printer. He was that, but his interests and contributions to humanity…
Hell on Earth: 12 of History’s Most Destructive Natural Disasters
The term "Mother Nature" often evokes warm and fuzzy feelings, bringing to mind loving and nurturing images, perhaps of green…
Photographs of the U.S. Government Crushing a Lakota Uprising in 1973
The Wounded Knee incident began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian…
America’s First Serial Killers Were Kicked Out of a Pirate Gang For Being Too Violent
The American Revolution opened the lands west of the Allegheny Mountains to settlement and Americans poured west to the rich…
This Man Was the Only US President to Not Speak English as a Native Language
America has always been a nation of immigrants. It's part of the national mythology. The idea of the immigrant arriving…
11 Remarkable Transgender People from History
The term ‘Transgender’ covers a broad spectrum of people whose sense of gender identity does not conform to that of…