While they’re the subject of warm, nostalgic feelings now, the ’80s were once a time that seemed to a carry a high-tech future just around the corner. The world was embroiled in international ...

In May of 1804, an expedition commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson set out to map the newly acquired land from the Louisiana Purchase and find a connecting waterway to the Pacific Ocean for ...

The JFK assassination, increasing racial tensions, and the Vietnam War all occurred in the 1960s. Despite some very tumultuous and trying times, the decade also kicked off the flower power movement ...

Although archaeologists have found out a great deal about the ancient Egyptian empire over the course of several centuries, the empire’s many pharaohs had exerted enough influence over vast lands and ...

Every decade has its memorable stars — the celebrities who either manage to capture the zeitgeist of the era, or those who become famous through sheer magnetism and charisma. Many of the women on this ...

Despite constant changes to trends, beauty standards, and fashion boundaries, one constant aspect of the human experience is the desire to strip down to the skivvies and head to the beach. While ...

When we see pictures of celebrities, they’re typically walking down the red carpet at an awards ceremony or premiere, aka, they’re “on.” But what happens when all of the pomp and circumstance is done?

Coming from modest means, Andrew Jackson grew to become an American soldier, general, statesman, and the seventh president of the United States between 1820 to 1837. Before becoming president, Jackson ...

If rock’n’roll was born in the 1950s, then the 1970s were like its angsty teenage years. Disco, folk, and punk each resembled extremely different children, but the 1970s loved them all equally. Then ...

The Aztec Empire was a Mesoamerican culture that existed from 1300 until their destruction in 1521 by Spanish conquistadors under the leadership of Hernán Cortés. The empire was composed of an ...

Although television had been around for some time, the Baby Boomers were the first generation to grow up with a TV set in their homes. For many, television became a staple of their childhood, as a ...

Although the unprecedented scale of World War I was grand enough to give it the nickname The War To End All Wars, it only took about 20 years after the fact before that perception was proven wrong.