In the 1920s, Filipino busboy Pedro Flores transformed how Americans played with the yo-yo.

It's 1914 and visitors to the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco are about to have their fortunes told—by a cookie.

Before Kristi Yamaguchi became an Olympic star, her family faced a challenging road both in war and at home in America.

As the Civil War teetered, Lincoln weighed the Emancipation Proclamation—an audacious act that reshaped the nation’s course.