The Transcontinental Railroad’s Dark Costs: Exploited Labor, Stolen LandsChinese immigrant workers and Indigenous tribes paid a particularly high price.Read more
The Dramatic NFL Championship Game Nearly the Entire Country MissedOn Christmas Eve 1950, the Cleveland Browns beat the Los Angeles Rams in an epic matchup featuring 12 future Hall of Fame players. But the game wasn’t televised nationally, limiting its legacy.Read more
7 Famous Loyalists of the Revolutionary War EraFrom a son of Benjamin Franklin to a Mohawk leader to the governor of Massachusetts, these men chose to side with the British.Read more
The Most Dramatic Home Run in World Series HistoryIn the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 of the wild 1960 World Series, Bill Mazeroski of the underdog Pittsburgh Pirates toppled the mighty New York Yankees.Read more
How Did Baseball’s Seventh-Inning Stretch Originate?The American tradition might date to President William Howard Taft in 1910, but it could have started in 1869.Read more
8 Famous Figures Who Believed in Communicating with the DeadSpiritualism’s popularity waxed and waned throughout the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, and surged on the heels of major wars and pandemics.Read more
What Prehistoric Cave Paintings Reveal About Early Human LifeSome of the oldest known art may hint at the beginning of language development, while later examples portray narratives with human and animal figures.Read more
How the Salem Witch Trials Influenced the American Legal SystemThose accused lacked basic legal protections, including the premise that one was innocent until proven guilty.Read more
What Was the Curse of the Bambino—and How Was Baseball’s Greatest Hex Broken?Weeks after a foul ball bloodied a teen who lived in Babe Ruth’s former farmhouse, the Boston Red Sox ended an 86-year title drought.Read more
10 World Engineering MarvelsThese remarkable feats of design and construction transformed the ways that people travel, communicate and live.Read more
7 of the Fiercest Rivalries in College Football HistoryMichigan-Ohio State had a ‘Ten-Year War,’ and the 1982 Stanford-Cal game was won by one of the craziest plays in sports history.Read more
The Heisman Trophy Is Named After This Coach and InnovatorHall of Famer John Heisman, one of college football’s most successful coaches, introduced the center snap, handoff, scoreboard and other innovations.Read more