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The philosopher and mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria embodies the importance of intellectual openness amid ideological battles.

The inventor of the first gas mask and three-way traffic signal had a passion for learning how things worked.

During World War II, Japanese people were introduced to the genre through the Armed Forces Radio Service.

In ‘This Week in History,’ when Alva Vanderbilt takes on the Astors to break into New York’s elite, it lays the groundwork for a much larger societal battle.

A land mass in Palk Bay between India and Sri Lanka invites questions with few answers in the quest to make it a national heritage site.

The Gibson guitar is a symbol of dynamic sound in the popular music industry.

Civil War surgeon B.F. Goodrich indulged his entrepreneurial talent to found a great American company.

In this installment of “When Character Counted” is the story of a man whose phenomenal grit and courage became legendary in the U.S. Air Force.

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we look at a tiny, 120-year-old structure largely unobserved in lower Manhattan.