5 Expeditions That Redrew America's Map
After Lewis and Clark's famed journey, these other explorers set out to document what lay beyond the frontier.
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How Devil’s Tower Got Its Name
How Devil’s Tower Got Its Name
How Devil’s Tower Got Its Name
Devil's Tower is one of the most recognizable features of the American landscape, but not everyone agrees on what it should be named.
Who Said It?
Who Said It?
The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.-Rosa Parks
We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.-Aristotle
Infamous Heists
Infamous Heists
5 of the Most Daring Bank Heists
Robbers have used tunnels, explosives and even surfboard repair foam to make off with millions.
How the 1978 Lufthansa Heist Led to a Trail of Dead Bodies
A crew of hijackers, killers, loan sharks and thieves made off with $5.8 million in cash and jewels.
The Heist that Made the Mona Lisa Famous
In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history.
Heist Master Doris Payne Swiped Millions in Jewels Over 70-Year Span
Payne, deciding she was ‘never going to be under the thumb of a man,’ took to a life of crime, traveled the world and mastered the jewel heist.
See how a career criminal masterminds a $10 million heist from a legendary NYC hotel.
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HISTORY Shorts
HISTORY Shorts
Dorothea Lange captured the reality of the Great Depression in the faces of those who struggled most.
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A lone wolf inmate with dreams of writing crime novels becomes the star of his own breakout from a historic Mississippi prison farm.
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Some of the 20th century's most important inventions—computers, transistors, satellites—were pioneered at Bell Labs. But these scientists also delved into the creative, and their research in computer-generated films and music would set the foundation for an entire future of media.
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Who's Making History
Who's Making History
Lisa Lu
At 98, the actress known for her roles in 'The Joy Luck Club' and 'Crazy Rich Asians' became the oldest person honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Pope Leo XIV
Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected as the first American pontiff and the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday.
Agatha Christie
An avatar of the late British novelist is “teaching” a writing course with the online lecture series BBC Maestro.
Kevin Costner's The West
Kevin Costner's The West
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Delve into the epic history of the American West and how the desperate struggle for the land still shapes the America we know today. The series premieres Memorial Day at 9/8c and streams the next day.
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