Benjamin Franklin may be the most famous Founding Father who was never a president. An incomplete list of things named…
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Americans of a certain age may remember the Martin Scorcese street-violence film Gangs of New York. Without reviewing the movie (I’m…
When you hear the term “ghost town,” what comes to mind? The Old West, or perhaps settlements that once sat…
Leslie Van Houten, a member of the infamous Manson family responsible for at least nine murders in 1969 (and, honestly,…
Capital punishment in the United States has a long, complicated, and gruesome history, and, well, its methods had to start…
There was… quite a bit happening in 2016, so you’d be forgiven for not remembering the rash of clown sightings…
Imagine yourself landing in a little area of the country in 1853 that was soon to become the little town…
You just really can’t make this stuff up. Wendy Rush, the wife of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who was one…
President John F. Kennedy was one of the key driving forces behind the United States’ entry into the space race…