These iconic paintings aren't always what they seem. Explore six common misconceptions about historical works like "Mona Lisa ...

You think you know certain quotes. You’ve probably seen them repeated in books, movies, or social media posts. They sound powerful and timeless. But what if many of those “iconic” lines never existed ...

Above: An elm-lined street in St. Paul, MN, before most of the trees were killed by Dutch Elm Disease. Although the American elm persists in forests and pockets of cities and towns, Dutch Elm Disease ...

A professor is challenging old assumptions about the iconic Bayeux Tapestry, proposing it was created for a refectory for ...

These history quizzes cover every corner of the globe and various difficulty levels. History buffs should have no problem with them, but everyone else...well. Those who don't remember history are ...

1826 was the year when the first photograph was taken, which means that we haven’t had that much time to capture people in photos, which also means that many historical figures went without ever being ...

It is no secret that Black visual artists and painters in history have often been leaders of artistic innovation, and the 15 named below are but a few examples from a much longer list. These artists’ ...

History isn’t always found in textbooks. Sometimes it’s captured in a single moment, reaction, or place. The right historical photos can tell you more than a thousand pages, and that’s exactly what ...