America is littered with kitschy roadside attractions. However, one defunct attraction in Croaker, Va. has had a flourishing afterlife that outshone its origin.
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The 1952 Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit was a turning point for civil rights in the U.S., and Jack Greenberg was one of the attorneys who argued the case.
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Pocahontas, who was part of the Powhatan Confederacy in southeastern Virginia, is an early American heroine. Here are the many names she went by in her life.
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Diane Sawyer and Richard Nixon had a close relationship when she worked for him as a press aide. Here's their relationship explained.
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The Navajo's most horrific legend, skinwalkers, are unique from other cryptids in that they are evil entities that pretend to be your loved ones.
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Nelson Rockefeller died of a heart attack in 1979.
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Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey read his obituary before his actual death, when it was accidentally published in a newspaper.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are two of the world's most controversial figures, and since they both have enormous power, their paths have intertwined.
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Public figures, particularly national leadership, are the subject of all manner of risk -- sometimes physical, but sometimes of a cruel, personal nature.
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Disasters of all kinds have shaped the histories of their respective states in America. These are the deadliest disasters in every U.S. state.
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By the standards of the American presidency, Ronald Reagan's was a strange one filled with a number of idiosyncrasies. So did he really lean on astrology?
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Ora Washington became an African-American tennis titan in the '20s and '30s when the U.S. was still segregated, long before the civil rights movement began.
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The U.S. military and government notably unite for a rare state event; a presidential funeral. Here is what an American presidential funeral is really like.
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Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" held a certain nostalgia for the Baby Boomer generation that Clinton hoped to win over during his 1992 presidential campaign.
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This is how Mike Lindell -- aka the MyPillow guy -- and former president Donald Trump became connected.
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Post-presidency, Jimmy Carter is known as a man with a golden heart, but it hasn't always been rosy. Here are some questionable things about his presidency.
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The Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s is filled with memorable names. But one name you might not have heard of is Georgia Gilmore,
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Each year around the Thanksgiving holiday, the United States president pardons a turkey. In other words, the turkey is spared from becoming a meal
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Former President Donald Trump comes from a lineage of strong business minds. His grandmother, Elizabeth Christ Trump, was no exception to this familial trait.
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George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States of America, serving from 1989 until 1993.
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After the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, slavery was outlawed. But for the last-surviving Black Americans born into slavery, its brutal legacy continued.
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One of the important aspects of Donald Trump's public image is his wealth, something that has family history, dating back for generations of Trumps.
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The relationship between Mike Pense and Donalt Trump has been both contentious and amicable, culminating in a falling out after the 2020 election.
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Money makes the world go 'round, or so says the song, and rarely is that more evident than when examining the costs associated with running for U.S. president.
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Pocahontas looms large in early American history, both as myth and as an historical figure, symbolic of the clash between Native Americans and Europeans.
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Should Trump win in 2024 and subsequently be inaugurated in 2025, he would be the second person to serve non-consecutive terms in office. Here's the first.
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You might assume that someone with a criminal record would be disqualified from running for president. However, a convicted criminal can still run.
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