On January 28, 1986, the tenth mission of the space shuttle Challenger ended in tragic disaster. We remember the seven astronauts who lost their lives that day, including Christa McAuliffe, who was chosen by NASA to pioneer its Teacher in Space program.

Learn about the Iran-Contra Affair under President Reagan who secretly supported an anti-Communist group in Nicaragua and funneled weapons to Iranian terrorists in exchange for American hostages. Discover how Lt. Col. Oliver North was found guilty.

Where the Rio Grande snakes between borders and generations, the weeping spirit of La Llorona drifts through time, her cries echoing not just from the banks of Mexican rivers, but from the shattered cosmologies of the Aztec world.

What do the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty have in common?