Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
As Dante and his traveling companion, Virgil, continue their journey, they soon come to a place which looks like a cave in this engraving by Gustave D...
A very inhospitable place, the Gedrosian Desert claims the lives of many people (and animals) who travel with Alexander the Great.
During the "high water mark of the Confederacy," General Armistead (whose friends called him "Lo") leads his Confederate brigade toward the center of ...
George Bentley was an 8-year-old child who worked long, hard hours in a British coal mine. In addition to his workday, George walked 1.5 miles, each w...
George Jung as he appeared following his release from prison in 2014.
This is the King's Speech which George VI broadcast to his people in Britain, and throughout the Empire, immediately after Britain's Declaration of Wa...
Hitler decided that he wanted some of Russia's natural resources, particularly oil, so he sent his troops to conquer Soviet territory. Looking at a ma...
The Gestapo derives its name from Geheime Staatspolizei - the secret state police of Nazi Germany.
Working on their creation, in the Hammond Lab, Jurassic World scientists use the DNA of Giganotosaurus to create Indominus Rex.
Although Elizabeth's main family home was north of London, her family's summer retreat was in Scotland. Her brother, David, called Glamis Castle - in ...
Glienicke Bridge is known as the "Bridge of Spies" because it was the place, during the Cold War, where all spies exchanged between East and West were...
Someone is buried in a grave near the Kirklees Priory gatehouse. Legends say the grave belongs to Robin Hood.
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