The not-so-straight story of the US-Canadian border Article 1716 words, published Nov 29 2011 7 votes
Did grave robbers plunder battlefields? Bones went to fertilizer and sugar processing, book argues. Link 14 votes
Bellevue, WA police responded to a call from a US Air Force museum that said a man had offered to donate a Cold War-era missile stored in his late neighbor’s garage Article 570 words 12 votes
A replica of a boat that carried Danish Jews to safety in Sweden anchors an exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC Article 1424 words 12 votes
Denmark's first Viking queen was likely more powerful than the king, research finds Article 77 words 14 votes
As the earth warms, glacial archaeologists in Norway are in a race against time to preserve objects before they are destroyed by the elements Article 826 words 10 votes
Letter showing Pope Pius XII had detailed information from German Jesuit about Nazi crimes revealed Article 792 words 33 votes
An effort to focus on long overlooked Roma suffering in the Holocaust Article 1219 words, published Aug 29 2023 30 votes
Newly published transcripts show the work of early radio broadcaster Walter Benjamin and the details he observed about his time Article 3382 words, published Aug 8 2023 7 votes
Scenes from a fallen empire: Abandoned Russian bases dot Mongolia’s border Article 1314 words 16 votes
Inside the secret world of Russia's Cold War mapmakers Article 4568 words, published Jul 18 2015 7 votes
Where Roe went wrong: A sweeping new abortion right built on a shaky legal foundation Article 1294 words 8 votes
Endurance, Ernest Shackleton’s ship, lost in 1915, is found in Antarctica Article 1035 words 18 votes
13,000 pounds at 118 miles per hour: It was the deadliest wreck in years. And the man behind it was one of the FBI’s most notorious informants. Article 7988 words, published Jan 19 2022 18 votes
A child calling Santa reached NORAD instead. Christmas Eve was never the same. Article 1361 words 8 votes
Pompeii still has buried secrets - The first major excavations in decades shed light on how ordinary citizens shopped and snacked—and where slaves slept Article 5829 words, published Nov 18 2021 6 votes
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first US Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. Article 1774 words 8 votes
American unreality - In breaking the link between politics and objective truth, the United States seeks to fashion a new world – but it is one built on shifting sands Article 2179 words, published Oct 28 2020 3 votes
Were the Norse the first to settle the Azores? Seafarers may have come and gone from lush archipelago more than 1000 years ago Link 7 votes
How Foucault was shielded from scandal by French reverence for intellectuals Article 1307 words 6 votes
What we still don't know about Emmett Till's murder Article 7545 words, published Jul 22 2021 2 votes
According to a woman tasked with checking for poison in Adolf Hitler's meals, Hitler was sympathetic to vegetarianism Article 467 words 3 votes
History as end: 1619, 1776, and the politics of the past Article 5656 words, published Jun 8 2021 6 votes
Was Wilhelm Wundt a "Nazi"?: Volkerpsychologie, Racism and Anti-Semitism by Adrian Brock Article 328 words 1 vote
We've been telling the Alamo story wrong for nearly 200 years. Now it's time to correct the record Article published Jun 9 2021 20 votes