May 31 2011
Largest Movie Memorabilia Collection to be Auctioned
The collection includes some of the most iconic items in movie history, such as costumes and props from"Gone With the Wind" and "My Fair Lady."
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May 05 2011
Cinco de Mayo: NOT Mexico’s Independence Day
Cinco de Mayo marks Mexico's freedom from France -- but it's celebrated more in the U.S. than in Mexico!
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May 05 2011
Cinco de Mayo: NOT Mexico’s Independence Day
Cinco de Mayo marks Mexico's freedom from France -- but it's celebrated more in the U.S. than in Mexico!
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Apr 11 2011
How Civil War Photography Changed War
Civil War photographers completely changed perceptions of modern warfare.
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Jan 27 2011
J.D. Salinger Liked Burger King, Gardening
Newly released letters reveal a warmer side to the famously reclusive author of "Catcher in the Rye."
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Nov 22 2010
Earthquakes Threaten Panama Canal and City
Two large earthquake faults could expose the Panama Canal to serious shaking and perhaps damage.
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Oct 27 2010
Pocahontas’ Wedding Site Found
Archaeologists believe they have finally discovered the Jamestown church where a 19-year-old Pocahontas married her tobacco farmer husband.
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Oct 04 2010
Colonial Kids Had It Tougher Than You
Children in colonial America met untimely ends from all sorts of odd things, from eating bad beans to the mysterious "failure to thrive."
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Aug 23 2010
Victorian Poets Used Texting Lingo
“I 1der if you got that 1 I wrote 2U B4.” The note sounds like a text message exchanging between teenagers. In fact, it was written some 130 years before the arrival of the written language seen on mobile phone ...
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Jul 29 2010
Audubon’s First Engraving Discovered
The 19th-century artist's first published bird illustration has finally been found on old bank notes.
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