Morse’s Partner Argued He Invented Famous Code—to No A-Vail

Stephen Vail came up with dots and dashes, but Patent Office gave credit to Morse, the better known inventor

Lindbergh’s Path to Glory and Everlasting Fame

Before he gained a worldwide reputation as "Lucky Lindy," Charles A. Lindbergh developed a solid repertoire of aviation skills.

When the Soldier’s Toughest Battle Was Against Boredom

'I would rather go there and run the chances of being Shot than Stay here all Summer.'

Civil War Circuses Beloved by Blue and Gray Audiences

Soldiers and civilians flocked to see the freakish and fantastic 

George Caleb Bingham: Missouri’s Painter of Populism

When his home state was a political borderland, artist's most famous works celebrated frontier democracy

McClellan: Did He Have the ‘Slows’ or a Supply Crisis?

Though most historians call him a crybaby, documents show Washington deliberately withheld needed matériel 

Schuyler Hamilton, Scion of American Heroes, Is a Civil War ‘What If’

Alexander Hamilton's grandson was born to be a great general, but illness intervened

Shocked America Demanded Change After Atlanta Hotel Blaze Killed 119

President Truman called for stricter safety codes after dozens leaped to their deaths from 'fireproof'' building 

Dragon Lady Down: Crazy Night Landing in a U-2 Spyplane

Republic of China Air Force Major “Mike” Hua pulled off a nighttime dead-stick landing in an early U-2

60-Year-Old U-2 Spyplane Still Seeks Out the Enemy

Sixty years after its introduction, Lockheed’s U-2 spyplane continues to serve as America’s eyes in the sky over distant battlefields.

A Firsthand Account of a CIA Officer in Saigon

The CIA struggled to keep its operation in Vietnam going until the very fall of Saigon.

Final Fiasco – The Fall of Saigon

Newly declassified documents and fresh insight from Frank Snepp, the CIA's chief analyst in Vietnam during 1975, present a revealing new picture of the chaotic final days of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, before enemy forces captured Saigon on April 30

For Your Civil War Buff’s Bucket List: Centralia, Mo.

When history travel becomes a reality, visit the small town where the border war got seriously ugly

Online Exclusive: How Collectivism Nearly Sunk Early Colonies

Only when settlers instituted private property rights did the New World thrive

How the B-25 Became the Ultimate Strafer of World War II

Armed to the teeth with machine guns and a 75mm cannon, B-25s played a key role in World War II as low-level bombers and strafers.

Explore Antietam: A Bucolic Setting for a Bloody Day

A few of our favorite locations on the war's most gory single-day battlefield