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Today, one can simply turn to the internet to find scary movies to stream or creepy costumes to wear. But our modern versions of spooky and kooky fail to elicit the same feelings of unease that the scares of decades or centuries ago do.…

Two weeks of worldwide climate protests by Extinction Rebellion are under way, with the group pronouncing: ‘To governments of the world: we declared a climate and ecological emergency. You did not do enough. To everybody else: rebel’ Rio…

People who grew up in the '70s often say the same thing: "Thank goodness we didn't have social media back then. We got to make our mistakes in private and not have them preserved forever on the internet." And for good reason, because those…

Getting the perfect shot in wartime is not only about weapons. With over 30 countries involved in World War II and the loss of over 50 million lives, war photography captured the destruction and victories of the deadliest war in history.…

Up until the 1970s, color photography was extremely rare, and so when we think about history prior to that time, we often envision it in black and white. Today’s technology now enables us to “colorize” historical photos, giving us our only…

The 1970s were a time of significant political change and serious partying, so you can be forgiven if you don't completely remember these pop-culture happenings of the decade. 50+ years later, some of these stories may even be news to you.

From Abraham Lincoln to Albert Einstein to Queen Elizabeth II, some of modern history's most famous faces exist in our minds solely as they appeared in old age. Just try to picture Lincoln, or, say, Mahatma Gandhi as a young man and you'll…

From the shanty town in Central Park to the crime-plagued slums of Lower Manhattan, these vivid images allow you to inhabit the streets of New York as they were a century ago. Check them out for more information and start to see our world…

The early 1900s were a time of dramatic changes in America. The western frontier had closed. The telephone and electricity were transforming homes. Cars were putting people on the road and the invention of the airplane would soon put them…

In April 1904, St. Louis opened its doors to the world for what was officially called the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, but was widely known as the St. Louis World’s Fair. Millions of dollars had been spent to build the 1,200-acre…