Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
At the height of the Everest climbing season, we think about Sherpas and how they help adventurers climb the world's tallest mountain. In both 2014 an...
This image depicts the siege of Cartagena when a combined force of French troops and buccaneers found a weakness in the city's heavily fortified defen...
This painting of King Sigismund I, from Poland, was created by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586) around 1553. The oil-on-tin plate measures 19.5 ...
There was a real Dracula. Learn how Sigismund of Luxembourg (1369-1437) gave the Dracula family its name.
Beginning at least in the first half of the first millenium, B.C., people began to travel along a route we know today as "The Silk Road."
Sinn Fin (meaning "Ourselves Alone") is an Irish political party favoring Irish Republicanism for ALL of Ireland, including Northern Ireland. This ima...
This fossilized dinosaur head, found in China, once belonged to a previously unknown animal.
In the election of 1910, many Irish nationalists were elected to Parliament.
Aship was brought to Port Royal where onboard conditions were discovered and reported (by a letter to the editor) in the 20 June 1857 issue of theIllu...
In 1843, before he began writing "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens visited the industrialized town of Manchester, England.
Smolny Convent, located near the Neva River in St. Petersburg, began as a home for Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter the Great (and future Empress of R...
"Snow White" - the fairy tale - has captured the imagination of children for hundreds of years.
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