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World War II has recently ended, and the horrors of the Holocaust have been revealed. The creation of the state of Israel is almost two years away, but the notion [...]

The magazine's February 1925 issue was devoted solely to one article--an epic, 5,000-mile journey down the length of Africa by boat, train, and foot. At that time the American public [...]

The last total solar eclipse of the millennium held special treasures for astronomers like lay Pasachoff of Williams College. He observed the August 11, 1999, eclipse from 'ground zero': Rimnicu [...]

When the Italian state railway began work on a major junction at Pisa in 1998, archaeologists, knowing ancient ruins existed nearby, made a test dig in the sandy soil. What [...]

Relishing the Radish Think of a radish: small, round, red, and used to spice up a salad. Now consider the radish first imported by Spanish colonists and still grown in [...]

Reports that excavations at Canterbury Shaker Village in New Hampshire, once a leading Shaker community, unveiled the probability that the Shakers were often a part of mainstream America. Common image of the religious sect; Efforts of David R. Starbuck.

Looks at a 1905 photograph of a Las Vegas, Nevada street when Las Vegas was less than a year old. Brief details about Las Vegas at the time of the photograph.

Reports on the role played by the nardoo fern in the tragic death of the first European explorers to cross the uncharted interior of Australia from north to south from 1860 to 1861. Historic attribution of the deaths to starvation; Theory that beri-beri caused the explorers' deaths after eating dry ground sporocarps of the nardoo fern which contain thiaminase.

Relates a short history of the Lincoln Highway which stretches across the United States from San Francisco, California to New York City. Creation of the idea by businessmen Carl G. Fisher and Henry Joy; Establishment of the Lincoln Highway Association.