HISTORY

in the 1980s, Springfield was home to a subterranean labyrinth made up of cheese wheels.

Gyrecraft, a project from the design firm Studio Swine, shows how one person’s ocean trash is another’s sustainable art.

Americans favor 'Merry Christmas,' while Brits opt for 'Happy Christmas.' Here's how we got here.

Clearing the last of the Christmas dinner plates is a special moment. It means it’s time for the traditional dessert.

Leif Erikson's foray into America began over a thousand years ago—long before Columbus's 1492 journey.

Penguin Books commissioned the work in 1965, but the "A Clockwork Orange" author only completed several hundred entries before discarding the project.

‘Little Women’ author Louisa May Alcott was also an early suffragette who fought against slavery and registered women to vote.

Solmization, or the practice of assigning syllables to the different “steps” of the scale, originated in ancient India.

Let’s peer in the windows of mysterious clubs, from not-so-secret societies like the Freemasons to lesser-known groups like the Bullingdon Club.

Solariums are nostalgic for many customers, but Wendy's thinks they’re dated.

A new exhibit coming to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City examines elephants’ past, present, and future.

Centuries later, Stede Bonnet’s motivations and actual aptitude for piracy remain unclear. But he still managed to make the history books—in his nightgown, no less.