The quarantine officially began when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin closed the lunar module hatch on July 20, 1969, after ...

The granite dome became a symbol of American money stability during the Great Depression. Famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright ...

Steven Udvar-Hazy was born in Budapest in 1946 during Soviet control of Hungary. His classroom walls showed Stalin and Lenin ...

A historic plaque now marks the site of Hay’s showroom, commemorating the night when professional football found its future.

In 1940, the U.S. asked Ford to build bomber parts. Charles Sorensen had a bold idea instead: make whole planes on an ...

Most steamboats in the 1800s died young – just four or five years before fires, explosions, or river snags claimed them. Not the City of Hawkinsville. Built in Georgia in 1886, this tough wooden ...

When Ruth Reinhold first took to the skies in 1933, Sky Harbor was just a cow pasture with big dreams. She soon joined the ranks of Arizona’s first female pilots, built a career selling planes, and ...

Moundville Archaeological Park hides a crime that went cold for decades. On March 6, 1980, thieves broke into the Erskine Ramsay Repository and took 264 Native American pottery vessels worth $1 ...

Count John Polereczky went from Hungarian nobility to Maine lighthouse keeper in one lifetime. Born in France, he fought for America as a Hussar during the Revolution, then settled in Dresden, Maine.

Wealthy Springs men used hidden tunnels under Colorado Avenue to sneak into the very vices their town forbade. The rivalry lasted until 1917 when Colorado City joined its righteous neighbor. These ...

California may be known for sunshine, beaches, and Hollywood glam, but the everyday habits of its residents can look completely unhinged to outsiders. To locals, though, these quirks are part of what ...