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63 Wild West Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Criminals Like They Used To

From Butch Cassidy to an 11-year-old car thief to a Jesse James crony still bloody from a posse's beating, these mugshots evoke the true outlaw spirit of the Wild West.

By Erin Kelly • Jun 28, 2015

63 Wild West Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Criminals Like They Used To

From Butch Cassidy to an 11-year-old car thief to a Jesse James crony still bloody from a posse's beating, these mugshots evoke the true outlaw spirit of the Wild West.

By Erin Kelly • June 28, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXVIII

The First Color Photographs Of The United States On some subconscious level, most of us imagine that the world before, say, 1920 existed in black and white. And why not? That’s what the photographic record of the era would have us believe. But as far back as 1889–14 years before...

By John Kuroski • Jun 26, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXVIII

The First Color Photographs Of The United States On some subconscious level, most of us imagine that the world before, say, 1920 existed in black and white. And why not? That’s what the photographic record of the era would have us believe. But as far back as 1889–14 years before...

By John Kuroski • June 26, 2015

Inside Al Capone’s Luxurious Cell

In 1929, Al Capone was sentenced to a year in this Philadelphia prison. A life of crime doesn't seem all that bad.

By Savannah Cox • Jun 22, 2015

Inside Al Capone’s Luxurious Cell

In 1929, Al Capone was sentenced to a year in this Philadelphia prison. A life of crime doesn't seem all that bad.

By Savannah Cox • June 22, 2015

Anne Frank Would Have Been 86 This Month. Celebrate Her Life With These Photos.

Anne Frank's life ended at a concentration camp in March 1945, just a few weeks short of its liberation. Look back on her life and legacy through photos.

By Erin Kelly • Jun 20, 2015

Anne Frank Would Have Been 86 This Month. Celebrate Her Life With These Photos.

Anne Frank's life ended at a concentration camp in March 1945, just a few weeks short of its liberation. Look back on her life and legacy through photos.

By Erin Kelly • June 20, 2015

End Of Empire: 47 Photos Of The Last Days Of The Romanov Family

War and inequality brought a violent end to the Romanov dynasty of Russia, making these images of the Romanov family's final years all the eerier.

By Savannah Cox • Jun 15, 2015

End Of Empire: 47 Photos Of The Last Days Of The Romanov Family

War and inequality brought a violent end to the Romanov dynasty of Russia, making these images of the Romanov family's final years all the eerier.

By Savannah Cox • June 15, 2015

What José Guadalupe Posada’s Skeleton Cartoons Teach Us About Life

In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.

By John Schellhase • Jun 14, 2015

What José Guadalupe Posada’s Skeleton Cartoons Teach Us About Life

In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.

By John Schellhase • June 14, 2015

History’s Worst Kings: King Charles The Mad

Say what you will about democracy, at least we have the option to kick crazies like King Charles VI out of office via a vote.

By Richard Stockton • Jun 7, 2015

History’s Worst Kings: King Charles The Mad

Say what you will about democracy, at least we have the option to kick crazies like King Charles VI out of office via a vote.

By Richard Stockton • June 7, 2015

10 Of The World’s Most Fascinating Unsolved Problems

These unsolved questions continue to vex the minds of practitioners across all disciplines of modern science and humanities.

By Abby Norman • Jun 7, 2015

10 Of The World’s Most Fascinating Unsolved Problems

These unsolved questions continue to vex the minds of practitioners across all disciplines of modern science and humanities.

By Abby Norman • June 7, 2015

The End Was Nigh: Failed Doomsday Prophecies Throughout Time

The world has been about to end for a long time. In fact, if there’s a single philosophical idea that runs like a connecting thread through thousands of years of history, it’s that we definitely don’t have thousands of years left to live. People have been predicting the end of...

By Richard Stockton • Jun 6, 2015

The End Was Nigh: Failed Doomsday Prophecies Throughout Time

The world has been about to end for a long time. In fact, if there’s a single philosophical idea that runs like a connecting thread through thousands of years of history, it’s that we definitely don’t have thousands of years left to live. People have been predicting the end of...

By Richard Stockton • June 6, 2015

Before Techies, There Were Hippies: Haight-Ashbury In 1967

As American air raids wreaked havoc on Vietnamese soil in 1967, in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood it was the Summer of Love. A series of natural and political events would transpire before Haight-Ashbury would become the epicenter of the “Free Love” mentality. It was one of the only areas spared...

By Erin Kelly • Jun 5, 2015

Before Techies, There Were Hippies: Haight-Ashbury In 1967

As American air raids wreaked havoc on Vietnamese soil in 1967, in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood it was the Summer of Love. A series of natural and political events would transpire before Haight-Ashbury would become the epicenter of the “Free Love” mentality. It was one of the only areas spared...

By Erin Kelly • June 5, 2015