‘Where You Are, Papa, I Shall Be’: A Story of Loyalty and Love From the Titanic
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The Most Valuable Western American Art Auction in History

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The Hit Country Song That Patsy Cline Reluctantly Recorded

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Hot Springs, Arkansas: Historic Bathhouses Over Soothing Waters

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we see how hot water bubbling up from fracture zones in limestone led to the creation of a national park.
The Plot to Overthrow George Washington
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The Plot to Overthrow George Washington

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‘Where You Are, Papa, I Shall Be’: A Story of Loyalty and Love From the Titanic

‘Where You Are, Papa, I Shall Be’: A Story of Loyalty and Love From the Titanic

American millionaires Isidor and Ida Straus shared their birthdays, their lives, and their deaths.
The Most Valuable Western American Art Auction in History

The Most Valuable Western American Art Auction in History

‘Visions of the West: The William I. Koch Collection’ will be on auction through Christie’s on Jan. 20.
The Hit Country Song That Patsy Cline Reluctantly Recorded

The Hit Country Song That Patsy Cline Reluctantly Recorded

The country singer had doubts about recording the magnetic single ‘Walkin’ After Midnight.’
Hot Springs, Arkansas: Historic Bathhouses Over Soothing Waters

Hot Springs, Arkansas: Historic Bathhouses Over Soothing Waters

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we see how hot water bubbling up from fracture zones in limestone led to the creation of a national park.
The Plot to Overthrow George Washington

The Plot to Overthrow George Washington

The ‘Conway Cabal’ was an underhanded attempt to discredit and disempower the man who became the first president of the United States.
America’s Oldest Retreat for Healing

America’s Oldest Retreat for Healing

The Homestead hotel in Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains opened a decade before the Revolutionary War.
‘Johnny Appleseed’: The Real Man Behind the Orchard and the Myth

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‘We Hold These Truths ...’: The Sentence That Shaped America and Changed the World

One document played a principal part in forming a nation and changing the world—the Declaration of Independence.
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How Greed and Infighting Led the FBI to Solve the ‘Perfect Crime’

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At the Canyon’s Edge: The Kolb Brothers and the Invention of ‘Seeing’ the Grand Canyon

At the Canyon’s Edge: The Kolb Brothers and the Invention of ‘Seeing’ the Grand Canyon

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‘Where You Are, Papa, I Shall Be’: A Story of Loyalty and Love From the Titanic

‘Where You Are, Papa, I Shall Be’: A Story of Loyalty and Love From the Titanic

American millionaires Isidor and Ida Straus shared their birthdays, their lives, and their deaths.
The Most Valuable Western American Art Auction in History

The Most Valuable Western American Art Auction in History

‘Visions of the West: The William I. Koch Collection’ will be on auction through Christie’s on Jan. 20.
The Hit Country Song That Patsy Cline Reluctantly Recorded

The Hit Country Song That Patsy Cline Reluctantly Recorded

The country singer had doubts about recording the magnetic single ‘Walkin’ After Midnight.’
Hot Springs, Arkansas: Historic Bathhouses Over Soothing Waters

Hot Springs, Arkansas: Historic Bathhouses Over Soothing Waters

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we see how hot water bubbling up from fracture zones in limestone led to the creation of a national park.
The Plot to Overthrow George Washington

The Plot to Overthrow George Washington

The ‘Conway Cabal’ was an underhanded attempt to discredit and disempower the man who became the first president of the United States.
America’s Oldest Retreat for Healing

America’s Oldest Retreat for Healing

The Homestead hotel in Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains opened a decade before the Revolutionary War.
‘Johnny Appleseed’: The Real Man Behind the Orchard and the Myth

‘Johnny Appleseed’: The Real Man Behind the Orchard and the Myth

While he didn’t roam the Midwest with a pot on his head, John Chapman made history as a shrewd frontiersman with an eye for helping settlers.
‘We Hold These Truths ...’: The Sentence That Shaped America and Changed the World

‘We Hold These Truths ...’: The Sentence That Shaped America and Changed the World

One document played a principal part in forming a nation and changing the world—the Declaration of Independence.
How Greed and Infighting Led the FBI to Solve the ‘Perfect Crime’

How Greed and Infighting Led the FBI to Solve the ‘Perfect Crime’

In ‘This Week in History,’ 11 Boston thieves pull off ‘the crime of the century,’ leaving the FBI to rely on the thieves to bring themselves down.
At the Canyon’s Edge: The Kolb Brothers and the Invention of ‘Seeing’ the Grand Canyon

At the Canyon’s Edge: The Kolb Brothers and the Invention of ‘Seeing’ the Grand Canyon

Thanks to photography and the budding medium of film, two brothers transformed the Grand Canyon from a forgotten wasteland into a tourist destination.