Born Hunter Stockton Thompson on July 18th, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky. Hunter's father served in World War I and then worked as an insurance agent until ...
Hoover Dam just prior to completionPhoto: waterandpower
When the first talks of building a dam on the mighty Colorado River started back in 1922 most people...
With works such as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, it's hard not to be familiar with Ray Bradbury. Considered one o...
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30 years can go by in a blink of an eye. I was 15 years old in 1986 and was as big of a surf fan as any kid growing up on a Southern California Be...
Known for his novels White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and Martin Eden, Jack London has become one of the iconic authors in literary history. Today, let's take ...
Hands down one of the world’s most interesting people, Harry Houdini is a man who is still shrouded in mystery, even 90 years after his death. The illusionist w...
“It’s mind-boggling and unpredictable. We don’t really know what is in here. Every single telegram has a story behind it, from the president to the greatest gen...
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During the nineteenth century, slaves would use the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes, to escape to Canad...
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WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON - A local landowner struck historical gold while he was building a new pond on his property. His find has be...
Better known as Queen of the Air, Lillian Leitzel stunned audiences with her impressive aerial tricks. During her career, Leitzel was the headline act longer th...
