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.
The cast and crew discuss ice road trucking—hauling loads on slippery, dangerous ice to remote diamond mines.
Unearthed in Egypt, the Gnostic gospels allegedly contain secret teachings said to come directly from Jesus himself.
See what’s to come in the new series, World War II with Tom Hanks, premiering Monday, May 25th at 8/7c and streaming the next day.
In 1823, New Orleans, French immigrant Louis Joseph Dufilho uses a scientific approach to treating victims of the Yellow Fever epidemic.
The Atacama Desert is considered the driest place on Earth. Since human records of the area began, some places have never received rain.