By summer’s end, 184 people in Wytheville had polio. This meant one in every 30 residents caught the disease, giving the town ...

In 1975, a retired military man named Peter Jefferds changed American food history on a small cove in Washington. After ...

North Dakota hides a $6 billion Cold War relic that lived for just one day. In 1970, workers began building the Stanley R.

Military staff kept an eye on Newport’s Destroyer Fleet, Naval War College, and Training Station from Beavertail. They also ...

Seven slaves from Kentucky arrived in Sandusky, Ohio on October 20, 1852, hoping to board the steamship Arrow to Canada. They ...

In 1940, the U.S. asked Ford to build bomber parts. Charles Sorensen had a bold idea instead: make whole planes on an ...

New York: where the pizza’s legendary, the people are bold, and the laws… well, some of them seem like they were drafted during a 3 a.m. subway ride. From no- masking rules in bowling alleys to ...

Georgia slang is part traffic report, part tailgate chant, and part “meet me by that giant roadside chicken.” If these sound normal, you didn’t just visit—you’ve sprinted Peachtree on the Fourth and ...

Susan Nelson was just a mom with four kids when she saw bulldozers coming for the Santa Monica Mountains in 1964. Developers wanted golf courses where canyons stood. Roads would slice through hills.

Florida boasts renowned sunny beaches, thrilling theme parks, and a rich array of wildlife, with the American alligator standing out as one of its most formidable inhabitants. These ancient reptiles, ...