What does it mean when we say "art is in the eye of the beholder?" How have artists' subjects changed over the centuries? This collection features diverse art forms (from ancient mosaics to modern cubism).
This image depicts Philip Johnston visiting members of the Navajo Nation at their hogan.
Elizabeth Cochrane, whose pen name was Nellie Bly, took a radical round-the-world trip in 1889. It made her the most-famous woman in the world.
Nicholas II, Tsar of all the Russians, was so worried about his son's health that he failed to pay attention to military affairs. Meanwhile, his subje...
Rogier van der Weyden created this work, entitled "Deposition" (also known as "Descent from the Cross"), circa 1435.
When Nikolai Getman was 28 years old, he boarded a ship at Vanino.
At the age of 28, Nikolai Getman boards a ship at Vanino as he heads to the forced labor camps at Kolyma.
On June 23, 1972, an audio recorder taped a damaging talk - called "The Smoking Gun" - between Nixon and Haldeman. This photo depicts the Watergate Co...
Learn the story of how Nkosi Sikelele became part of South Africa's national anthem and meet the young man who wrote the song.
German troops, along Normandy's beaches, did their best to resist the Allied invasion. This clip provides a German perspective of D-Day.
Norman Rockwell listened to FDR's annual speech to Congress, in 1941, about "four freedoms" and created four paintings. They became icons of the war y...
On the 6th of January, 1941 - eleven months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor - President Franklin D.
This drawing, depicting the Battle of Monroe, is from the August 17, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly.
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