American History
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank, during a storm, in Lake Superior on November…
26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
On July 4, 1976, the United States of America celebrated the 200-year, Bicentennial, anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration…
20 Photos of the History of the FBI, Part 1: The Birth of the Organization
In 1908 there were more than 100 cities in America with populations over 50,000 people. Crime was, without surprise, a…
18 Photos of the Feud Between the Hatfields and McCoys
The Hatfield-McCoy feud involved two rural families from West Virginia and Kentucky along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy…
A Meteorologist’s Mistake Cost Thousands of Lives During the Deadliest Hurricane in U.S. History
Hurricane season: from June to November, that dreaded part of the year that Gulf Coast residents know so well. We…
20 Graphic Images of the Waco Siege of 1993
The Waco siege was the attack of a compound named Mount Carmel, home to the Branch Davidians cultist group between…
Ship’s Cook Forced to Take Over a Machine Gun to Defend His Battleship from Japanese Attack
Mess Attendant Doris Miller eyeballed the Japanese aircraft barreling down the sights of his antiaircraft gun. He paused for a…
20 Images Chronicling Custer’s Last Stand
The Battle of Little Bighorn, more commonly known as Custer’s Last stand, was fought June 25-26, 1876 between the U.S.…
Today in History: President Garfield’s Killer is Hanged (1882)
Charles A. Guiteau isn't a name that most people know. His claim to fame, such as it is, is the…
20 Tragic Photos from America’s Dust Bowl in the 1930s
The Dust Bowl was a series severe dust storms that affected 100,000,000 acres of the American prairie caused by drought…