What made the 19th century an interesting but tumultuous time? What technological, cultural and social changes influenced life then? Explore those issues in this story collection.
Learn about Ulysses S. Grant and the other famous Union military leaders.
The killing of Mary Jane Kelly, the Ripper's next victim, is one of the most shocking and infamous crimes in history.
Dostoevsky's wife and brother die, sending him into a tailspin; he becomes broke and desperate.
See what trains (and their power sources) look like during the early years of the transcontinental railroad.
In 1869, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific finish their joint building of the Transcontinental Railroad which connects America's east and west coa...
Elizabeth and her husband go to trial; the jury finds her sane.
William Still, a freeborn black man and Father of the Underground Railroad, shares accounts of slaves who take the passage to freedom.
The Mahdi, wants to rid the Sudan of British and Egyptian influences and make the Sudan a pure Islamic state.
There is bad blood between the Earps, the Clantons, and the McLaurys.
As Drosselmeier concludes his story, Marie begins to wonder if the Nutcracker is actually her Godfather's nephew.
When the lawmakers are the lawbreakers, and a crime is not legally a crime, how can we trust the law?
An important question to ask: When lawmakers say a crime is not a crime, is the action still ethically a crime?
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