Why John Tyler May Be the Most Reviled U.S. President EverHis party expelled him. His cabinet resigned. He was even hung in effigy on the White House porch. What made America’s 10th president such a political pariah?Read more
Lewis and Clark: A Timeline of the Extraordinary ExpeditionIn 1804, Lewis and Clark set off on a journey filled with harrowing confrontations, harsh weather and fateful decisions as they scouted a route across the American West.Read more
US Presidents and Congress Have Long Clashed Over War PowersCongress has the constitutional power to “declare war,” but U.S. presidents have long initiated military action without it.Read more
The UFO Sightings that Pushed the UK to Take ‘Flying Saucers’ More SeriouslyThe incidents interrupted Exercise Mainbrace, a massive set of NATO war-game maneuvers.Read more
7 Little-Known Legacies of Teddy RooseveltFrom national parks, to clean meat to football, the 26th president left his mark on the American landscape.Read more
‘Broken Arrow’: When the First U.S. Atomic Bomb Went MissingWas it detonated over the ocean—or did it disappear in the Canadian wilderness?Read more
Six Reasons Why the Ottoman Empire FellThe Ottoman Empire was once among the biggest military and economic powers in the world. So what happened?Read more
The Most Contentious Royal Sibling Feuds Through HistoryRoyal brothers and sisters have squabbled through the ages—often leading to war.Read more
The Dark Connection Between UFOs and Grisly MutilationsOne of the most shocking cases involved an Air Force sargeant allegedly abducted by a saucer-like aircraft.Read more
7 Cultural Sites Damaged or Destroyed by WarViolence in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and West Africa has taken a toll on historic buildings and monuments.Read more
Early Humans May Have Scavenged More than They HuntedWhy go to the trouble of tracking and killing an animal when a saber-tooth cat can do the job instead?Read more
George Adamski Got Famous Sharing His UFO Photos and Alien ‘Encounters’He claimed to have conversed with Venusians using hand gestures and mental telepathy.Read more