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In 1887, a young journalist named Nellie Bly made history with a daring undercover assignment that forever changed the landscape of...

In 1913, the cafés and cobblestone streets of Vienna hosted an astonishing line-up of future icons and tyrants. Adolf Hitler, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Josip Broz Tito, and Sigmund Freud all lived there, unaware that each would soon play a defining role in the turbulent decades ahead.

As World War II unfolded, the devastation wrought by Axis and Soviet forces across Eastern Europe and the Balkans led to an unprecedented...

In the early months of 1971, amid a turbulent time for all four former Beatles, John Lennon sat down to write a letter to Paul and Linda...

When most people think of the name “Hitler,” it immediately conjures images of one of the darkest periods in human history. Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany, is universally recognized as the orchestrator of World War II and the Holocaust. However, few know about a peculiar and almost forgotten figure in history: William Patrick Hitler, Adolf’s estranged nephew, whose life unfolded in a bizarre and often ironic fashion. William Patrick Hitler was born on March 12, 19

All I know about these fascinating photos of London in 1972 is that they were more than likely taken by an American tourist. They are...

The White House project officially broke ground in 1792. When the first stones were laid, the United States was still finding its feet as...

In the golden age of animation, before CGI and digital tools changed the game, artists had to rely on ingenuity, pencils, and a whole lot...

In 1980, the U.S. allowed women to actively serve in the military. Here, women take part in basic training against atomic radiation in...