The Story of Us - from the beginning of time to the present - is usually written by "the victors." True-to-life events, however, must include opposing points of view. This collection features stories about people, places and events which go beyond "the already known and obvious."
Cornelius Jacob Langenhoven wrote the lyrics to "Die Stem Van Suid-Afrika" ("The Spirit of South Africa") in 1918. Marthinus Lourens de Villiers...
Image from the brochure Dr. Henry W. Greist: famed head of the world's farthest north hospital at Point Barrow, Alaska.
Earthly Remains, published by British Museum Press, takes us into peat bogs, mummy tombs and other such places to investigate (among many other things...
After Elizabeth Packard began expressing her views on religious topics, in a Bible-study class held in her village of Manteno (Illinois), her husband ...
Elizabeth Packard wrote several books to financially support herself (since, under Illinois law, she no longer had the right to her dowry becase she w...
This NASA photo provides a close-up view of Endeavour's external fuel tank and depicts the areas where insulation broke loose soon after the shuttle's...
This document ordered the execution of Britain's King, Charles I. Click on the image to view it in greater detail.
Thomas Di Tomasso, one of the Rangers involved in the battle of Mogadishu, has written an account of what happened. He describes the crowds, whi...
Finding the Walls of Troy: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik, by Susan Heuck Allen, explains why people suspected Hisarlik was t...
The United States of America filed a criminal case against Susan B. Anthony for unlawfully voting in the 1872 presidential election. After she w...
In June of 1871, America had better fire-fighting equipment than in "ye olden times," but whatever was available was still inefficient and unable to g...
This image depicts a leaf from the book of II Thessalonians contained in a First-Edition King James Bible published in 1611. Click on the image for a...
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