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What If: Cuban Missile Crisis
When American U-2 spy planes captured aerial photographs of the missile sites in Cuba, the world held its breath as two superpowers engaged in tense …
1 year, 7 months ago
Conversations: How Narrative History Brings the Past to Life, w/ Jeff Shaara
The New York Times Bestselling author Jeff Shaara is a literary giant whose historical novels have brought history to life for millions of people ove…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Curse of the Hope Diamond
The diamond industry has thrived for centuries with the shiny rocks acting as status symbols for those who can afford them. But, there is one famous …
1 year, 7 months ago
Bringing Down the Knights Templar
While the Crusades' quest to recover and hold the Holy Land saw the rise of several influential military orders, the Knights Templar is, by far, the …
1 year, 7 months ago
Mohawk Skywalkers
Behind New York City's skyline lies the story of fearless Mohawk Indians once hired by the Dominion Bridge Company as ironworkers a century earlier.
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The Tunguska Event
On the morning of June 30, 1908, a powerful explosion ripped through the remote Siberian wilderness near the Tunguska River. That much we know, but w…
1 year, 8 months ago
Trivia: Cold War
Are you ready to test your Cold War knowledge?
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What If: League of Nations
What IF America had joined the League of Nations instead of Congress failing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles? Would World War II had been prevente…
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Conversations: The power of art in the historical narrative, w/ Sabin Howard
Mr. Sabin Howard is one of the greatest artists of his generation, a classical-figurative master sculptor who has spent the last few years of his lif…
1 year, 8 months ago
Lost City of Angkor
For hundreds of years, rumors of the lost city of Angkor spread among Cambodian peasants. Then, on a hot day in 1860, Henri Mahout and his porters di…
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