Georges Méliès was one of the earliest filmmakers. Often referred to as a cinemagician for his innovative special effects, Méliès invented the stop trick and is also often credited for some of the earliest use of multiple exposures, time-lapse photography...

The average budget for a Broadway musical is 8-12 million dollars. What happens when the price tag goes way above that?

The Christmas season kicks off in New York City with the Radio City Rockettes: they perform in the Macy’s Day Parade, help light the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and dance on stage at the Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan.

Looters stole thousands of priceless artifacts from religious sites across Cambodia.

Copyright protections on many well-known books, films and musical compositions are set to expire in 2024.

As Emperor of Rome from 161-180, Marcus Aurelius kept the empire safe from the Parthians and Germans but is best known for his intellectual pursuits.

Sampling has become increasingly popular over the last few decades and this means that many of the most well known songs of the era are actually extensively based on other older, less well-known songs.

A combination of history and geography lesson to illustrate where Hoppin' John came from and it's beginnings in African culture.

A Christmas classic that's been broadcast since 1964, discover the history surrounding its production and the other famous Rankin/Bass puppets!

In medieval England, the boar's head graced the tables of the prosperous at Christmas time as well as on other feast days.

Charles Dickens' classic tale, 'A Christmas Carol' was first published in December 1843. As with most of Dickens' work, the locations and characters were inspired by the streets and people he would observe whilst walking around London. As such, there are...

146 years ago, Thomas Edison entered the offices of Scientific American with a strange machine. Turning a crank on his cylinder phonograph, he astonished those present with the recording, "Good morning. How do you do? How do you like the phonograph? " It...

Imagine, someone still getting a government pension for Civil War service, more than 150 years after the last shot was fired. You don't have to imagine it, anymore.

President John Tyler was born in 1790, but still has two living grandsons. We met with members of his family to find out how two generations managed to last through most of U.S. history. CBS News national correspondent Chip Reid explains.

Two children of U.S. Civil War veterans reminisce about their fathers' war experience for this Veterans Day, 2014. Ninety-two-year-old Iris Lee Gay Jordan and 93-year-old Fred Upham were born very late in their fathers' lives, but both have vivid memories...