Seventy years after U.S. soldier Audie Murphy went “To Hell and Back” and earned the Medal of Honor, learn the story behind one of the most astonishing battlefield actions of World War II.
Learn 10 surprising facts about the scholarly Sons of Liberty member who served as the second president of the United States.
New X-ray technology can decipher text from papyrus scrolls buried in the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Learn 10 surprising facts about the oft-forgotten Sons of Liberty leader who died in battle before the United States was even born.
Learn the real-life story of Chris Kyle, the late Navy SEAL sharpshooter portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film “American Sniper.”
Explore some of the revolutionaries’ real-life haunts in Boston.
Ninety-five years after its inception, learn 10 fascinating facts about America’s nearly 14-year “noble experiment” in alcohol prohibition.
One hundred fifty years after fall of the Confederacy’s Fort Fisher, learn how the collapse of the “Gibraltar of the South” helped bring an end to the Civil War.
In a new study, researchers suggest our ancestors may have developed language in order to make the tools necessary for their survival.
Two members of the famed World War II African-American flying squadron passed away on the same day last week at their respective homes in Los Angeles.
A 170-million-year-old fossil found on Scotland’s Isle of Skye represents a newly identified species of prehistoric marine reptile, researchers say.
More than 10,000 volunteers spent 30,000 hours scanning satellite images of Mongolia in search of the long-hidden tomb of warlord Genghis Khan.
On the bicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans, learn the truth behind six common myths about the last major engagement of the War of 1812.
One of the nation’s oldest time capsules was opened on Tuesday evening in Boston, revealing artifacts originally planted by Adams and Revere in 1795.
New research suggests that China’s first known kingdom may have been destroyed when its lands transformed rapidly into desert more than 4,000 years ago.
Follow Eustace, Tom and Marty as they devote their lives to surviving off the grid, on their own terms.
Get the real story behind this famous World War II icon.
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