Famed inventor Samuel Morse started out as a painter, but a personal tragedy drove him to create one of the most revolutionary communication devices of his day.
Many people have a favorite place where they want their ashes scattered after they die. For film critic Archer Winsten, that place was Hunter Mountain.
In January 1870, Pulitzer was elected as a representative of St. Louis' Fifth District. In this role, he had the chance to vote in favor of the 15th Amendment,
It's possible that the best known of all the angels is the archangel Gabriel, but he only pops up twice in the Hebrew Bible and twice in the New Testament.
Having taken to mechanics at an early age, 15-year-old Bombardier created a primitive snowmobile by attaching an engine-powered propeller to two wooden sleds.
America has had few traitors as well known as General Benedict Arnold, whose actions were so despised that he was considered the embodiment of betrayal.
Her marriage to Prince Charles was just one of the many problems Princess Diana had to cope with. This is the tragic real-life story of Princess Diana.
Guillotines were once a supposedly humane form of public execution, where the condemned dramatically and quickly had their head lopped off at the shoulders.
Hannah Snell had a remarkable life, and many of her extraordinary adventures happened when she was pretending to be a man. Here's what she accomplished.