History

Known as the “Alton Giant,” Robert Wadlow from Alton, IL, reached a towering height of 8ft 11”. Wadlow suffered from...

The Lewis and Clark expedition, a fabled story, stuck in the minds of Americans, is a staple of elementary school...

A cornfield in Kansas is the last place you’d expect to discover a buried shipwreck.In 1988, Kansas City resident David...

By 1830, American citizens drank 7 gallons of ethanol a year per capita. (Most of them drank whiskey.) That’s close to...

Found photos gift us a captivating peek into the daily lives of people of the past. These pictures, from my...

Since St. Louis’ founding in 1764, the city on the Mississippi, with its Lewis and Clark history, revolutionary Eads Bridge,...

Andersonville prison is the most infamous prisoner of war camp of the Civil War. But it wasn’t the only Civil...

The Mississippian culture, one of the most fascinating cultures in world history, built earth mounds from Minnesota down to the...

The windy city has changed over the years. The indigenous Miami-Illinois tribes called it shikaakwa, meaning onion, after the abundance...

"He moves through the night as nimbly and secretly as a cat, squirting a sweetish gas through bedroom windows.” -...