Paulette Jiles, the acclaimed and best-selling novelist, has passed away. The News of the World author, whose work was later ...

How have Germany following defeat in WWII and the U.S. south after losing the Civil War taught succeeding generations and ...

The Pierce Brigade, the membership organization dedicated to preserving the home and legacy of President Franklin Pierce is ...

By Ikpommwosa Odigie   In the tapestry of Nigeria’s turbulent political history, few figures have cast a long and polarizing ...

The Fallasburg Covered Bridge stretches 100 feet across the Flat River, its weathered wooden frame telling stories that most modern bridges simply can’t match. Built with craftsmanship that predates ...

The onetime San Antonian is considered a contemporary master of the western novel and was greatly influenced by living in rural Texas.

Slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is remembered each year during the NAACP National Convention, which opened in ...

The crude assortment of fighting tools used by the Japanese during World War II give clues of an unprepared and unmatched ...

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

Hence a story/chart in the July 12, 1937 Vancouver Sun, “Height of Most Film Beauties Below That of Average Girl.” It features the height, weight, bust, waist and hip measurements of 34 Hollywood ...

Growing up in Colorado, she spent time in nearby Bingham Hill Cemetery, with an extraordinary history of its own, which ...