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25 Vintage Murder Scenes From Old New York

Weegee's striking crime scene photos that captured "the details and drama, the humor and the horror, along the city’s streets."

By Kellen Perry • Sep 10, 2017

25 Vintage Murder Scenes From Old New York

Weegee's striking crime scene photos that captured "the details and drama, the humor and the horror, along the city’s streets."

By Kellen Perry • September 10, 2017

A City On The Brink: 1960s New York In 55 Dramatic Photos

From the Mad Men of the ad world to the riots in Harlem to the artists of Greenwich Village, this was New York in the 1960s.

By Mark Oliver • Sep 9, 2017

A City On The Brink: 1960s New York In 55 Dramatic Photos

From the Mad Men of the ad world to the riots in Harlem to the artists of Greenwich Village, this was New York in the 1960s.

By Mark Oliver • September 9, 2017

26 Incredible Photos Of New York City Before It Became New York City

When America's biggest city was mostly farmland.

By Gabe Paoletti • Sep 8, 2017

26 Incredible Photos Of New York City Before It Became New York City

When America's biggest city was mostly farmland.

By Gabe Paoletti • September 8, 2017

38 Rousing Photos Of The American Workers That Helped The Allies Win World War II

The story of the United States’ involvement in World War II is well known to even those with only a passing knowledge of history. In schools across America, kids learn much about their country’s great wartime victories overseas at places like Iwo Jima and Normandy. What we know less about...

By Gabe Paoletti • Sep 7, 2017

38 Rousing Photos Of The American Workers That Helped The Allies Win World War II

The story of the United States’ involvement in World War II is well known to even those with only a passing knowledge of history. In schools across America, kids learn much about their country’s great wartime victories overseas at places like Iwo Jima and Normandy. What we know less about...

By Gabe Paoletti • September 7, 2017

UFO Hunters Capture Closest Photos Of Area 51 Ever

Tim Lee and Tracey Doyle recently hiked up the 1.4-mile high Tikaboo Peak, a mountain 25 miles opposite the mysterious military base, in order to capture the closest ever pictures of Area 51.

By Gabe Paoletti • Sep 7, 2017

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UFO Hunters Capture Closest Photos Of Area 51 Ever

Tim Lee and Tracey Doyle recently hiked up the 1.4-mile high Tikaboo Peak, a mountain 25 miles opposite the mysterious military base, in order to capture the closest ever pictures of Area 51.

By Gabe Paoletti • September 7, 2017

“Superheroes With Microphones”: The Birth Of Hip-Hop In New York

These fascinating hip-hop origins photos show how the music and the culture that sprang up around it were first born.

By Kellen Perry • Sep 6, 2017

“Superheroes With Microphones”: The Birth Of Hip-Hop In New York

These fascinating hip-hop origins photos show how the music and the culture that sprang up around it were first born.

By Kellen Perry • September 6, 2017

The Boer War Genocide: Inside History’s First Concentration Camps

Forty years before the British fought the Nazis, they used history's first concentration camps to commit genocide during the Boer War.

By Mark Oliver • Sep 5, 2017

The Boer War Genocide: Inside History’s First Concentration Camps

Forty years before the British fought the Nazis, they used history's first concentration camps to commit genocide during the Boer War.

By Mark Oliver • September 5, 2017

Santeria: 20 Fascinating Photos That Separate Fact From Fiction

Mysterious to many, and misunderstood by most, Santeria is often incorrectly regarded as a form of witchcraft. A closer look, however, reveals a religion with deep roots embedded in west African culture, and one necessary for survival amid colonial rule during the Atlantic slave trade. Also known as Regla de...

By All That's Interesting • Sep 5, 2017

Santeria: 20 Fascinating Photos That Separate Fact From Fiction

Mysterious to many, and misunderstood by most, Santeria is often incorrectly regarded as a form of witchcraft. A closer look, however, reveals a religion with deep roots embedded in west African culture, and one necessary for survival amid colonial rule during the Atlantic slave trade. Also known as Regla de...

By All That's Interesting • September 5, 2017

25 Heartbreaking Wartime Goodbyes Of Decades Past

From World War I to World War II and beyond, this is what a kiss looks like when both people know it could be their last.

By Laura Martisiute • Sep 4, 2017

25 Heartbreaking Wartime Goodbyes Of Decades Past

From World War I to World War II and beyond, this is what a kiss looks like when both people know it could be their last.

By Laura Martisiute • September 4, 2017

“Those Long Ago Battle Hymns”: Civil War Veterans In Photographs

In August 2017, the debate over whether or not Confederate monuments should still stand on American soil landed Civil War-era figures and debates on the front pages (and homepages) of newspapers across the globe. With Civil War history often relegated in the popular imagination to the offerings of textbooks, Ken...

By Kellen Perry • Sep 4, 2017

“Those Long Ago Battle Hymns”: Civil War Veterans In Photographs

In August 2017, the debate over whether or not Confederate monuments should still stand on American soil landed Civil War-era figures and debates on the front pages (and homepages) of newspapers across the globe. With Civil War history often relegated in the popular imagination to the offerings of textbooks, Ken...

By Kellen Perry • September 4, 2017