The day the sky turned red: The Melbourne Dust Storm of 1983.
For two terrifying hours, a mammoth wall of dust turned one of Australia's largest cities into a vision of Hell.
Sean Munger
Historic Photo: Native American ice-cutting crew in winter, 1880s.
If you wanted ice cream in the Victorian era, you had people like this to thank for it.
My journey with “The Martian Chronicles”: a terrible but nostalgic bit of TV science fiction.
This terrible 1980 show at least gets one thing right: humanity doesn't deserve another planet to screw up like we have this one.
“Bloody Sunday’s” Father Gapon: the agent who provocateured too much.
The story of a priest mixed up in the Russian Revolution demonstrates just how confusing history can sometimes be.
Reluctantly remembered: the strange historical odyssey of the Führerbunker.
The remains of the concrete tomb where Hitler blew his brains out are a fascinating but uncomfortable artifact of history.
A bad day at the races: The legacy of the Nika riots.
How a riot involving sports hooligans came to have a material legacy that's lasted nearly 1500 years.
Historic Painting: “Prussian Troops with French Prisoners” by Christian Sell, 1875.
This picture romanticizes the brief but pivotal conflict between Prussia and France, which upended European politics.