Despite the revolutionary atmosphere in early America, homosexuality was still punishable by death. Though Founding Fathers knew of Steuben’s “proclivities,” they let Steuben continue to help them win. By contrast, British Army chaplain Robert Newburgh st...

A novice banjoist embarks on a journey to uncover the instrument’s overlooked Black origins. Through lessons, history, and community, she confronts the banjo’s complex legacy, culminating in a celebratory jam session that reconnects past and present.

Natchez, Mississippi is famous for its stunning antebellum homes, drawing visitors from across the country to admire their beauty and history.

Natchez, Mississippi, is famous for its stunning antebellum homes—grand mansions that attract tourists from across the country.

Discover how Donmar Warehouse's acclaimed production of Next to Normal brought the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical to London audiences.

“The Way We Were,” “Nobody Does It Better” and scores for "The Sting," "Sophie’s Choice" and the Broadway hit "A Chorus Line" made Marvin Hamlisch the go-to composer and performer for film, Broadway, every U.S. President since Reagan, and concert halls wo...

About 5,700 years ago, on a small, isolated island off the coast of Alaska, a herd of woolly mammoths crossed a treeless tundra. But these weren’t just any mammoths.

Discover Cahokia, the massive pre-Columbian Native American city near St. Louis that once rivaled the great urban centers of the ancient world.

A federal holiday since 1971, the roots of Memorial Day go back over a century prior, to the end of the Civil War.

The Industrial Revolution drew a sharp line between traditional and modern ways of life — and between the Amish and their non-Amish neighbors.

Recorded in October 2025, Nicole Scherzinger performs at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time in her first major UK solo show in 13 years.

Explore the chilling history behind the Bloody Mary legend and how Queen Mary I of England earned her terrifying “Bloody Mary” nickname.

Learn how the women’s suffrage movement led to the 19th Amendment and changed voting rights in the United States forever.

Between 1817 and 1821, the Bell family of rural Tennessee became the center of one of the most chilling and best-documented hauntings in American history.

A deadly—and growing—global weather phenomenon mystifies scientists.