What does it mean when we say "art is in the eye of the beholder?" How have artists' subjects changed over the centuries? This collection features diverse art forms (from ancient mosaics to modern cubism).
A wonderful illustration from "A Christmas Carol," by George Alfred Williams, brings the plight of Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit to life.
Misery descended on Ireland during the years of the potato blight. Although only the potato crop failed, famine followed when healthy crops were expor...
During the Napoleonic Wars, in 1805, Britain fought against France in a naval clash known as The Battle of Trafalgar. Admiral Horatio Nelson employed ...
Five brothers, who wished to serve together aboard a U.
The Bubble Nebula - NGC 7635 - is known as a “space bubble.” What created this space bubble? To answer that question, let’s ch...
In 1667, a French pirate known as Franois L'Olonnais plans an attack on Maracaibo (a city in todays northwestern Venezuela). Disastrous consequences ...
Bob Cratchit and his family live in a part of London known as Camden Town. This image depicts an area of Camden during 1839.
Tom Tanaka was living at Camp Poston when he created this painting of the place on May 17, 1942.
This diagram depicts what happens if the Space Shuttle's Orbiter needs to return to the launch site.
What is it like to actually sail around Cape Horn, at the southern tip of South America?
Captain William Kidd was born in Scotland in 1645 and has an interesting story as a sailor, privateer or pirate. Did the courts judge fairly?
A national treasure of Hungary, this illumination depicts the capture of Gyula. One of the accounts, which survives about this individual, tells us th...
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