Discover 100 haunting facts about history that sound fake but are 100% real. From bizarre wars to shocking ancient practices, ...

February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of the rich cultural heritage of African Americans, and a time to recognize the many contributions and sacrifices they made that helped shape the ...

NMAH copy purchased with funds from the NMAH Endowment. What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating question of Sarah Maza's Thinking About History, a ...

History often feels like something settled and final. But in reality, it’s constantly being questioned. New discoveries, new ...

In recent years, how Americans discuss, memorialize, and teach our nation’s history has become a new battlefront for the culture wars in the United States. School board meetings across the nation have ...

Preamble: To study history is to develop a disciplined way of making sense of the world by inquiring about the past. The History Department has identified a common set of learning objectives that are ...

You know the saying, “the truth is stranger than fiction?” A lot of the time, that really is the case — and these spooky podcasts about history prove it. There are plenty of events in our own pasts, ...