American History
A Bloody Legacy: 12 Steps in the Evolution of Historic Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist groups that relied on violence to intimidate societies and governments in order to achieve political, ideological, or religious aims,…
Spy Games: The Origin Stories of 8 of the World’s Elite Spy Agencies
Ranking the world’s intelligence agencies is difficult at best. Secrecy is the cornerstone of any intelligence service, which makes evaluating…
Forced Out: The 10 Largest Forced Migrations in Human History
Since human beings first wandered out of Africa 60,000 years ago humanity has filled up most of the inhabitable places…
12 Bomber Aircraft That Carried The Most Devastating Bombing Campaigns of WWII
Enemy bombers and ground attack aircraft overhead were among the most unwelcome sights for soldiers and civilians alike during WWII.…
The Day Nazis Invaded the Hamptons in New York
On June 13, 1942, all the attention of the United States was focused on the war overseas. As the war…
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: 8 Theories About the Mysterious Island and Its Inhabitants
One of American history’s enduring mysteries is The Lost Colony of Roanoke. Established in 1585 as an English attempt to…
11 Mysterious Secret Societies That People Know Very Little About
We all love a secret. There can be few better feelings than knowing something that everyone else doesn’t, so it…
24 Images of the Heartbreaking Jonesboro Middle School Massacre
Mitchell Scott Johnson and Andrew Douglas Golden are the former middle school students who perpetrated March 24, 1998, Jonesboro Massacre…
Historical Debacles: 12 Humiliating Military Defeats from Ancient Times to the Modern Era
de·ba·cle /dāˈbäk(ə)l,dəˈbäk(ə)l/ noun a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco. In most battles and wars, there are winners and losers.…
This is What Al Capone Did to the Hospital that Treated his Debilitating Syphilis
Alphonse Gabriel Capone, more famously known as Al Capone, was one of the most ruthless and vicious gangsters of the…