How Pit Ponies Replaced Children in the Coal Mines
Miniature horses used to lug around far more than tiny carriages.
Miniature horses used to lug around far more than tiny carriages.
Glaswegians feel very strongly about the Duke of Wellington's unusual topper.
Lewis Carroll's masterpiece turns 150 years old this year.
If President Grant were alive today, he'd have quite a few points on his license by now.
How one conwoman made millions pretending to be related to the steel magnate.
Viewers have broken down the factors that cause Bob Ross to hit all the right ASMR buttons.
The story of how television personality and painter Bob Ross ended up with a lifelong perm.
A far-flung maritime empire built on guano, chemical weapons, coal, and just because: these are the stories of the U.S. territories.
In this 1954 commercial-film, a family takes a road trip in their Chevrolet and learns the do's and don’ts of auto travel.
The story of how Annette Kowalski and Bob Ross met, founded a worldwide company, and made a surprising star of the mild-mannered painter.
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 190th installment in the series.
From its unconventional delivery methods to its crime-fighting prowess, here are 12 interesting facts about the United States Postal Service.
The failed lawyer, newspaperman, and evangelist—enraged that the president’s advisors had refused him an ambassadorship he believed he deserved—had been stalking Garfield for months, intent on killing him.
Childbirth is no picnic. But at least it no longer involves chickens and weasels.
Humans have been using hair to create jewelry and artwork for thousands of years. Here's where you can see some of it on display.
The National Media Museum has a collection of the two-and-a-half-inch photo prints taken using the Kodak No. 1 over a hundred years ago.
Aspiring chefs and blowtorch enthusiasts, rejoice: You can now make meals (or heat up old leftovers) where celebrity chef Julia Child once cooked.
An exhibition in Moscow documents changes in visual culture through the Soviet Union's dominant photography magazine.
Presiding over the world's largest library isn't easy.
Frenchman Jacques Bellanger was using his storage space for more than just dusty Christmas decorations.
Here are some ludicrous ways the one percent of the turn of the 20th century spent their money—because, well, they could.