A Collection of Maps Owned by England's First Queen Spent Centuries Overlooked in a Family Library. Now, the Rare Volume Is on Sale for $1.6 MillionSmithsonian
Walt Disney Visited a Ford Factory in 1948. What He Witnessed There Laid the Groundwork for What Would Become DisneylandSmithsonian
An Eccentric Tycoon Left a Fortune to the Winner of a Baby-Making Contest. The Great Stork Derby Divided Canadians During the Great DepressionSmithsonian
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here's How the Founding Document Reached the American PublicSmithsonian
This Punjabi Princess Fought for Women's Suffrage and Sheltered Refugees During World War II. A Goddaughter of Queen Victoria, She Rejected British ImperialismSmithsonian
Customer Loyalty Was Once Measured in Green Stamps. And the More You Shopped, the Bigger the RewardsSmithsonian
In a New Documentary, One of Britain's Most Famous Historians Reframes the American Revolution as a 'Messy Divorce'Smithsonian
Native Nations Fought in the American Revolution to Protect Their Ancestral Lands. After the War, Settlers Seized Their Territory AnywaySmithsonian
The Spirited Revolutionary Who Led the Fight for Independence in Corsica Also Inspired America’s Colonial Rabble-rousersSmithsonian
To Finance Their Lifestyle, a Young French Couple Went to Cambodia to Steal Antiquities. They Did Almost Everything WrongSmithsonian
Abigail Adams Asked Her Husband to 'Remember the Ladies' as He Drafted America's Laws. Here's What She Really MeantSmithsonian
When America Found Itself Ready to Roll, Route 66, Stretching From Chicago to Los Angeles, Was the Road of Endless PossibilitiesSmithsonian
Nine Black College Students Were Arrested in 1961 for Reading at a Segregated Public Library. Their Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement Have Long Been OverlookedSmithsonian
Popular Lore Claims That William Howard Taft Got Stuck in a Bathtub. New Research Sheds Light on the Legend's Forgotten OriginsSmithsonian
A Quaker Woman Eavesdropped on British Soldiers Plotting a Surprise Attack—and Surreptitiously Warned George WashingtonSmithsonian
A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Woman in 1777. Propaganda Transformed Her Into a Martyr of the American RevolutionSmithsonian
Tudor Courtiers Exchanged Portrait Miniatures as Love Tokens. Centuries Later, New Research Is Unlocking the Secrets of These Intimate ArtworksSmithsonian
After Pearl Harbor, Americans Living in Japan Endured Imprisonment, Torture and a Lengthy Battle to Return HomeSmithsonian
In 'Bride of Frankenstein,' the Monster's Wife Never Speaks. Now, Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' Gives the Iconic Character a VoiceSmithsonian
After the 'King of the Underground Railroad' Escaped From Slavery, He Led 1,500 Others to FreedomSmithsonian
This Austrian Diplomat Resigned When the Nazis Annexed His Country. To Make Ends Meet, His Wife Turned to Dressmaking—and Captivated the American PublicSmithsonian
