10 Long-Gone MLB Ballparks With Quirky FeaturesHouston’s Colt Stadium was plagued by mosquitoes and brutal heat. Other ballparks, such as Cleveland’s cavernous ‘Mistake by the Lake,’ had bizarre dimensions.Read more
When the Young Lords Put Garbage on Display to Demand ChangeIn 1969, a group of Puerto Rican youth in East Harlem leveraged a garbage problem to demand reform.Read more
Fog Bowl: The Most Bizarre Game in NFL History‘I haven’t even driven a car in anything like that,’ a player said about the conditions at the Philadelphia Eagles-Chicago Bears playoff game in 1988.Read more
The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre: How Fearmongering Led to ViolenceAs African Americans achieved economic success in Atlanta in the early 1900s, the city simmered with racial strife that was further inflamed by yellow journalism.Read more
How Photos from the Battle of Antietam Revealed the American Civil War’s HorrorsImages of the bloodiest battle in U.S. history shocked the public and revealed the war’s gruesome reality.Read more
How Portugal’s Seafaring Expertise Launched the Age of ExplorationIn the 15th century, a small kingdom with a population of approximately 1 million launched the era of maritime exploration that would transform the world.Read more
8 College Football Coaches Who Changed the GameFrom Yale’s Walter Camp and Oklahoma’s Bud Wilkinson to Miami’s Jimmy Johnson and Alabama’s Nick Saban, these trailblazers left their marks.Read more
5 Iron Age Tools and InnovationsNew techniques helped make iron stronger—but there were also innovations in the use of gold, silver and stone.Read more
11 Roman Emperors Who Helped Mold the Ancient WorldThese rulers were often as innovative and ingenious as they were brutal and corrupt.Read more
How the South Helped Win the American RevolutionAlthough not as iconic as those fought in the North, battles waged in the South determined the outcome of the Revolutionary War.Read more
A Timeline of US-Cuba RelationsBefore Fidel Castro and the Cold War chill, America and Cuba shared close economic and political ties.Read more
When 20-Year-Old Rookie Fernando Valenzuela Captivated LA—and Major League BaseballIn 1981, the pitcher from rural Mexico helped lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a World Series title—and energized Mexican American fans.Read more