U.S. History
All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day.
World History
History from countries and communities across the globe, including the world’s major wars.
Eras & Ages
From prehistory, though antiquity and into the 21st century, all of history’s biggest chapters.
Culture & Tradition
The stories behind the faiths, food, entertainment and holidays that shape our world.
Science & Innovation
The pivotal discoveries, visionary inventors and natural phenomena that impacted history.
When Napoleon invades Russia in 1812, an unexpected adversary brings ruin to his troops.
From Renaissance-era predictors like Nostradamus, who wrote of the death of kings and the rise of evil, to 20th-century mystics like Rasputin, who foresaw the fall of a dynasty, were some predictions more than lucky guesses?
Beneath the streets of Paris, France, are the bones of more than 6 million people in what's known as the Paris Catacombs.
See why this device was a preferred form of legal execution.
Ivan the Terrible built St. Basil's Cathedral after conquering Kazan and expanding the Russian empire.