How the Log Cabin Came to Embody the American Spirit

So what if they were drafty and crawling with bugs?

Historic John Oliver Homestead, built in the 1820s in Cades Cove, Tennessee, in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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The Origins of Bedsheet Ghosts

History Shorts: Why Do Ghosts Wear White Sheets?

Ghosts in white sheets have become a classic Halloween icon, but where did this costume actually begin?

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Who Said It?

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock

-Thomas Jefferson

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The Heist that Made the Mona Lisa Famous

In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history.

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