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.
During the 1950s space race, the U.S. Air Force proposed detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon to warn the Soviets.
President Kennedy establishes his New Frontier with a challenge to venture into outer space.
The U.S. competition with the U.S.S.R. for technological dominance spurred the U.S. on to the first-ever landing on the moon.
An inside look at the dark art of spycraft—from the Frankenkitty to the umbrella gun, we uncover the deadliest spy weapons ever deployed.
Historian Yohuru Williams explains how the fear of communist influences in America grew into a phenomenon known as "the Red Scare."