Overview :Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories and novels, yet he considered them only a small part of his lit... Read More
Overview :Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a lo... Read More
Overview :The Tower of London holds almost a thousand years' worth of secrets The Tower of London draws more than 2 million visitors a year Almost 1... Read More
Overview :Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a lo... Read More
Overview :New York City boasts one of the most famous skylines in the world, and the Empire State Building is undeniably the focal point of this incre... Read More
Overview :At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic Also of a disastrous end, the z... Read More
Overview :President Abraham Lincoln guided the nation through the Civil War and promoted the abolition of slavery. The life of this remarkable man is ... Read More
Overview :New York City boasts one of the most famous skylines in the world, and the Empire State Building is undeniably the focal point of this incre... Read More
Overview :Saddle up and get ready for a ride back into the wild and wooly past of the American West. The west was at its wildest from 1865 to 1895, wh... Read More
Overview :On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market - the system that controls money in America - plu... Read More
Overview :Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? se... Read More
Overview :Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in Lond... Read More
Overview :It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first made his cartoon debut--June 10, 1928. Sendak... Read More
Overview :Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age--literally (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of t... Read More
Overview :Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests... Read More
Overview :Un hombre, un plan, un canal, Panamá! Antes de 1914, viajar desde la costa este hasta la costa oeste significaba cruzar por tierra todo Es... Read More