Historic Photo: First Lady Grace Coolidge with her dog, 1924. More than just an "aww" moment from the past, there is some interesting history behind this picture.
Greed and glitter: a journey through 1980s cinema, in 25 films. (Part III) Rampaging monsters, glowing kung fu masters and an out-of-control freight train hitch a ride on our journey through 1980s cinema.
Stalin’s final purge? The mysterious case of the “Doctors’ Plot.” Weeks before Stalin's death, the leader went on a tear against Jewish doctors. Was it the prelude to another bloody purge?
Disaster in memory: the Great Blizzard of 1975. 49 years ago this week, Midwesterners suffered the "blizzard of the century." How we remember weather events of the past matters.
Free history books! The mysterious murder in the library. In 1969, a young woman was found dead in the aisles of the Penn State library. Who killed her, and why?
Historic Painting: "A Boyar Wedding Feast" by Konstantin Makovsky, 1883. This scene depicting 16th or 17th century Russia has more to do with the present than you might think.
Greed and glitter: a journey through 1980s cinema, in 25 films. (Part II) Part II of my look at 1980s cinema serves up a fantasy epic, space history and an ode to Boomer entitlement, among others.