In May of 1804, an expedition commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson set out to map the newly acquired land from the Louisiana Purchase and find a connecting waterway to the Pacific Ocean for ...

Despite constant changes to trends, beauty standards, and fashion boundaries, one constant aspect of the human experience is the desire to strip down to the skivvies and head to the beach. While ...

While they’re the subject of warm, nostalgic feelings now, the ’80s were once a time that seemed to a carry a high-tech future just around the corner. The world was embroiled in international ...

Every decade has its memorable stars — the celebrities who either manage to capture the zeitgeist of the era, or those who become famous through sheer magnetism and charisma. Many of the women on this ...

Although the Titanic disaster has been the subject of public mourning and fascination for over a century, there’s a reason that James Cameron made his world-famous blockbuster about it when he did. He ...

From 1996-2005, Everybody Loves Raymond delighted TV audiences with its hilarious take on family life. Starring Ray Romano as a sportswriter living in Long Island, the show was based off his own ...

The Victorian era can broadly be defined as the time in which Queen Victoria reigned over Britain, from 1837 to 1901. This period saw the British Empire at its absolute peak, while industrialization ...

The Super Bowl halftime show is perhaps the most-choreographed, highest-budget form of entertainment that can fit into 15 or 20 minutes. For more than two decades, the show consisted largely of ...

World War I brought around the deadly introduction of mechanized warfare onto the battlefield, with machine guns, planes, ships, submarines, and more all being used at once for the first time in human ...

Over the past century, the infamy of the Titanic disaster has taught multiple generations a handful of key facts about the incident. The ship hit an iceberg despite being considered unsinkable, there ...

The Vietnam War originated as a struggle for independence from French colonial rule but spiraled into a bloody conflict that would span many years as the United States became involved. It was also ...

The world is always changing and that reality can hit us in unexpected ways when we return to our hometowns after staying away for years. Although there is comfort in seeing some local landmarks stand ...