Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
Although Titanic receives ice warnings via wireless messages from nearby ships, it is likely her captain does not know about them.
Iguazu Falls is a huge, cascading waterfall at the border of Argentina and Brazil.
Threatening the Earps with a rifle, Ike Clanton breaks Tombstone's law against having guns in town.
William Makepeace Thackeray illustrates his own book; see a sampling of those pictures.
Frank is in Castillet for six months; conditions are medieval, and he becomes sick and lice-infested.
Machu Picchu is an extremely important part of the Inca Empire. It is located high in the Andes and mummies are found there in 1911.
Using flamethrowers, TNT, machine guns and "Ronson" tanks, the 28th Marines make slow progress capturing Suribachi.
With no reason to suspect that Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde are the same person, Gabriel Utterson receives a letter written by Edward Hyde. The lawyer...
Read first person accounts from people inside the World Trade Center during the attacks.
Inspector Fred Abberline is the lead detective on the Jack-the-Ripper cases.
Much of the southern part of Britain is occupied by Angles; the area, called Angle-land, later becomes England.
The Anglo-Saxon attacks are harsh and frequent and the Britons are not able to stop them.
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