Join us by the fire as we dive into the snowy traditions of Scandinavia to explore the fascinating history of the Yule Goat! From its possible pagan roots to its modern straw incarnations, this festive figure has transformed over centuries. So cozy up for...

68% of American families have a pet friend living with them. But why did humans start domesticating animals as pets and not livestock?

Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls might seem strange to modern eyes and sensibilities, but up until the 1940’s a lot of people thought pink was the more masculine color and blue was clearly more feminine. So how did we end up in a world where it’s 100% con...

oin Akili Tommasino, Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, artist Julie Mehretu, and artist Fred Wilson, for a virtual tour of Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now which examines how Black artists and other cul...

Queen Lili'uokalani in 1900. Queen Lili'uokalani was the last sovereign of Hawai'i. Many continue to admire Lili'uokalani for her resolute and peaceful resistance to the US businessmen who ended her reign and to the United States' annexation of Hawai'i du...

Disney Princess Moana may voyage across a fantasy version of the Pacific ocean, and represent an amalgamation of several islands’ cultures.

Ever wonder where common phrases like "break the ice" or "raining cats and dogs" come from?

What's the difference between a Regular mile and a Nautical mile? The story of its creation really describes the history of navigation.

For generations, Monopoly has been America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and — for better or worse — the impulses that make our free-market society tick.

Santa Claus is the Americanization of Sinterklaas, but he’s also called St Nick and Father Christmas and Kris Kringle which comes from Germany.

Here are five stories we tell ourselves — five famous history stories that you have heard all your life — that aren't true. Not only are they not true, but historians have known they aren't true, said they aren't true, insisted they aren't true, and the s...

The hippie aesthetic owes a lot to Art Nouveau.

Of course color is color and color knows no gender. But just how did pink become associated with girls?

The Sahara is, perhaps, one of the most mysterious places on the planet. Not only is it the world's largest hot desert, but it's also a place that used to be much different!

The hidden meaning behind Pope Francis’s clothes.