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The Oldest Building in Each State
Cheapism via AOL· 2 years agoJeffGoulden/iStockphoto The United States is a relatively young country, but it still has plenty of history to explore. And one of the best ways to trace...
What’s Cinco de Mayo really about, anyway?
WHTM via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoFor many people Cinco de Mayo is just an excuse to party, drink a lot of beer and/or Margaritas, and binge on Mexican food. Some may be vaguely aware it...
On This Day, Oct. 30: Chicago commuter train crash kills 45
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn October 30, 1972, two commuter trains crashed in Chicago, killing 45 people and injuring more...
LMU law professor: Latinos in America may not feel they belong
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIf Arléne Amarante could wave a magic wand that would transform her home country of America, she...
‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ review: Guy Ritchie blows up history
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHenry Cavill plays Gus March-Phillips. movie review THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE Running...
Ukraine: Don’t forget we’ve been there
The Daily American via Yahoo News· 2 years agoListening to the July Fourth revelry, my thoughts traveled across seven time zones to the real war zone in Ukraine, where people hear such sounds too...
Who was the mysterious man in the Pemberton Castle? A Dallas class found out.
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJust who was the cultured and proficient man who helped turn a cylindrical farm cistern into a...
Gerald Ensley: Hail Tallahassee! A better name than Tonaby’s Town
Gannett via AOL· 2 months ago(This column was first published in the Tallahassee Democrat on May 5, 2017.) Tallahassee is a...
Eclipse themed movies that date back to 1907
KSNF Joplin via Yahoo News· 1 month agoJOPLIN, Mo. (KSNF) — Eclipse fever is upon us, especially for those who will be close to, or inside the path of totality during the April 8 total solar...
With cars and kaiju, artists Umar Rashid and Frieda Toranzo Jaeger subvert American myth
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1816, Kentucky-born portraitist William Edward West created a print depicting the battlefield death of British Maj. Gen. Edward Michael Pakenham at the Battle of New Orleans. At the time, ...