As the civil rights movement brought attention to Black Americans' struggle for equality, whites across the country launched a brutal counter-movement.

When mine owners cut wages in 1870s Pennsylvania, the Molly Maguires fought back. But with a private military on their side, the mine owners ultimately won what would become the first labor war in U.S. history.

Catherine Parr became Queen of England after marrying King Henry VIII in 1543. Luckily, she knew exactly what she was getting herself into.

Before he became a Civil War general, Congressman Dan E. Sickles' scandalous murder trial changed our legal system forever.

It's falsely believed that Jayne Mansfield died when she was beheaded in a fatal 1967 car accident, but the truth is even grislier — and much sadder.

In the 1840s, Dr. James Marion Sims perfected his surgical skills by operating on enslaved black women without anesthesia.

Sam Cooke was shot and killed in what police ruled a "justifiable homicide," but those closest to him called foul play.

"Better Babies" contests scored children on a 1,000-point scale that was generated based on the racist principles of eugenics.

In 1914, Ernest Shackleton was determined to walk across Antarctica. But when ice trapped his ship Endurance, his mission instantly changed from exploration to pure survival.

Automats were efficient vending machine-style restaurants that signaled to many Americans that the future in dining had arrived. So what happened to them?

After the Revolutionary War, most Americans were ready for peace. But in 1791, a tax on distilled spirits sparked rebellion once again as thousands took up arms against their newly-founded country in the Whiskey Rebellion.