History

How a Duel Shaped Early U.S. Politics

How a Duel Shaped Early U.S. Politics

Michael Wood

The Fatal Dawn at Weehawken The Fatal Dawn at Weehawken (image credits: wikimedia) The Burr–Hamilton duel took place in Weehawken, ...

10 Turning Points in U.S. Health and Medicine

10 Turning Points in U.S. Health and Medicine

Michael Wood

The history of health and medicine in the United States is a story of groundbreaking discoveries, public health crises, and ...

Forgotten States That Nearly Existed

Forgotten States That Nearly Existed

Michael Wood

The State of Franklin The State of Franklin (image credits: unsplash) When North Carolina ceded its western territories to Congress ...

10 Defining Battles in U.S. Military History

10 Defining Battles in U.S. Military History

Lean Thomas

The Battle of Bunker Hill: A Pyrrhic Victory The Battle of Bunker Hill: A Pyrrhic Victory (image credits: unsplash) The ...

When Congress Almost Abolished the Senate

When Congress Almost Abolished the Senate

Lean Thomas

The Radical Proposal That Nearly Changed America Forever The Radical Proposal That Nearly Changed America Forever (image credits: unsplash) Picture ...

US States with the Most Serial Killers: A Dark Chronicle

US States with the Most Serial Killers: A Dark Chronicle

Lean Thomas

The United States has borne witness to numerous serial killers across its sprawling landscape, with some states more plagued than ...

Not All Founding Fathers Wanted Independence

Not All Founding Fathers Wanted Independence

Michael Wood

The Myth of Universal Support for Revolution The Myth of Universal Support for Revolution (image credits: unsplash) The story of ...

The Secret Treaty That Redrew U.S. Borders

The Secret Treaty That Redrew U.S. Borders

Ian Hernandez

The Adams-Onís Treaty: America’s Most Secretive Land Deal The Adams-Onís Treaty: America’s Most Secretive Land Deal (image credits: unsplash) Long ...

How One Vote Saved the U.S. Constitution

How One Vote Saved the U.S. Constitution

Michael Wood

The Articles of Confederation Crisis The Articles of Confederation Crisis (image credits: flickr) America in the 1780s was falling apart ...

From Colony to Superpower: How It All Really Happened

From Colony to Superpower: How It All Really Happened

Michael Wood

The Spark That Ignited a Revolution The Spark That Ignited a Revolution (image credits: unsplash) Picture this: a ragtag collection ...