By summer’s end, 184 people in Wytheville had polio. This meant one in every 30 residents caught the disease, giving the town ...

In 1975, a retired military man named Peter Jefferds changed American food history on a small cove in Washington. After ...

Military staff kept an eye on Newport’s Destroyer Fleet, Naval War College, and Training Station from Beavertail. They also ...

North Dakota hides a $6 billion Cold War relic that lived for just one day. In 1970, workers began building the Stanley R.

Seven slaves from Kentucky arrived in Sandusky, Ohio on October 20, 1852, hoping to board the steamship Arrow to Canada. They ...

Stone Mountain wasn’t just a big rock in Georgia. It was the heart of an empire. In 1887, the Venable brothers bought this mountain for $48,000 and changed American building forever. Soon, their ...

In 1941, two men dug into Arizona’s past and found a gold mine of history. Emil Haury, with his Harvard degree, teamed up with Julian Hayden, who learned archaeology in the field. They cut through 12 ...

In 1858, Mobile plantation owner Timothy Meaher bet $1,000 he could sneak slaves into America, 50 years after the trade was banned. He soon hired Captain William Foster, who sailed to West Africa and ...

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 ...

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 ...