Before the term "snowboarding" existed—and at least 80 years before it was an Olympic phenomenon—people were surfing down snowy hills.

This special explores the Biblical world from a military perspective. Military historians unlock Biblical secrets by examining ancient weapons, strategies and commanders.

Electric lights have been a holiday spectacle for generations, and the first ones actually came from the inventor himself, Thomas Edison.

Bessie Coleman was the first woman of African American and Native American descent to earn her pilot's license in the U.S.

With 1950s suburbia built around cars, malls replaced walkable shopping. Centers like San Mateo’s Hillsdale quickly had to adapt.

Abandoned cities. Ancient cultures nearly erased by time. And colossal empires that simply vanished without a trace. How does a civilization become "lost"?

Some of the 20th century's most important inventions were pioneered at Bell Labs. But these scientists also delved into the creative.