The morning of October 21, 1868, dawned clear with a temperature of fifty-nine degrees in downtown San Francisco. At 7:53 am, a 7.0-magnitude quake hit the San Francisco Bay...
Waimangu Geyser was the world's most powerful geyser for a time, located near Rotorua in New Zealand. The massive Mount Tarawera eruption created its...
The Priceless Civil War Eagle Made Out of Abraham Lincoln's Hair In a tiny, vaguely lit backroom of the Onondaga Historical Association in Syracuse,...
FIFA World Cup Semi-Final 1954: Hungary vs. Uruguay
A 1954 World Cup semi-final between the holders of the trophy, Uruguay, and the hottest favorites ever,...
Conquest of the Skies
From the first few tentative hops, flying machines developed in leaps and bounds, becoming the most momentous technological advance of the...