Route 66: The Rise and Fall of America’s Mother Road
From Chicago to Santa Monica, Route 66 carried generations west before the interstates left it behind. A look at its legend.
Promontory Summit: Where the Transcontinental Railroad Was Completed
In 1869, a golden spike in Utah joined East and West by rail and transformed the United States forever.
The Louisiana Purchase: How the United States Doubled in Size
In 1803, a single deal with France doubled the size of the United States. The story of the Louisiana Purchase.
Detroit and the Birth of the American Auto Industry
How Henry Ford’s assembly line turned Detroit into the Motor City and reshaped American life and work.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: America’s Oldest Unsolved Mystery
An entire English colony vanished from North Carolina’s coast in the 1580s, leaving only a single carved word.