Stuff You Missed in History Class

1920, the S-5 left the Boston Navy Yard on its first mission, with a crew of 36 officers and enlisted men. While performing a crash [Read more]

Jules Verreaux and his two brothers collected an impressive array of flora and fauna specimens from around the world for placement with museums and collectors. [Read more]

Aimee Semple McPherson was an extraordinary figure in the early 20th-century religious landscape. As an evangelist, she rose to incredible popularity in the 1920s … [Read more]

Poverty Point is a collection of earthwork mounds and ridges situated next to Bayou Maçon in Louisiana. It has features that make it unique among [Read more]

Before Charles Worth, the idea of ready made clothes for purchase didn’t really exist. Neither did the idea of a design house that showed seasonal [Read more]

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue … and Ferdinand, king of Aragon, and Isabella, queen of Castile expelled the Jewish population from Spain. Learn [Read more]

Reed did truly groundbreaking work into the causes and prevention of yellow fever, building on a foundation of other doctors and researchers. His work impacted [Read more]

This Native American dancer was the first grand ballerina of the United States. Through her partnership with famed choreographer George Balanchine, she helped shape ballet [Read more]

Candy and Halloween go hand-in-hand, but when did candy become the standard for trick-or-treating, and who invented the holiday’s most famous sweet treats like candy [Read more]

In 1912, a small Iowa town was the scene of a chilling and brutal crime. Eight people were murdered in their beds by an assailant [Read more]