MTV debuted just after midnight on August 1, 1981, with the broadcast of “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles. Following the format of Top 40 radio, video disc jockeys (or “veejays”) introduced videos and bantered about music news between clips. A...

Making a chocolate birthday cake using a 100 year old recipe, and exploring the history of birthday cake and why we put candles on them.

When the first compact discs arrived on the Australian market in 1983, they ranged in price from $900-$1800. The price didn’t hold back the rapid adoption of the technology.

Why was Absinthe illegal?

Get to know the story of Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most accomplished artists of the 17th century.

The Appalachian (Mountain) dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the lute family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States. The body extends the length of the fingerboard, and its fretting...

Greek and Roman marble antiquities have traditionally been viewed as white, but recent scientific studies have shown that they were often painted with bright colors — a fact little discussed among art historians. Correspondent Martha Teichner explores how...

Do you know the difference between "Elizabethan" and "Victorian"? Have you noticed how many English or British kings were called Edward, or George, or Henry?

It turns out ketchup's origins are anything but American. Ketchup comes from the Hokkien Chinese word, kê-tsiap, the name of a sauce derived from fermented fish. It is believed that traders brought fish sauce from Vietnam to southeastern China.

Story of a brother and sister--Carrie Neiman and Herbert Marcus--who overcame great odds to establish one of the greatest quality merchandise stores in the world.

Here is Thomas Edison talking about his early experiments with electric lamps in the 1870s. It was filmed at Edison's home in Ft. Myers, Florida, in 1929.

There are more than 6,000 abandoned villages in Italy - and that number is only set to increase. In this video, we are exploring the capital of them all: Craco, in the country's far south. Join us on a journey into the ruins, and one thousand years of his...

Recapping men’s style from 1915 to now.

From early-1900s one-pieces to modern-day boxer-briefs, a century's worth of men’s underwear is tried on by our model. Watch as he dons each decade's signature undies (remember Joe Boxer?) and learn what’s been beneath men's trousers throughout the years.

Chanel is a French luxury fashion house that was founded by couturière Coco Chanel in 1910. It focuses on women's ready-to-wear clothes, luxury goods and accessories.