Tattoos have long been associated with sailors, fo...  ...lors, for good reason. Travelers from way back in history got tattoos to identify who they were and where t...  ...ted in. Collector's Weekly has much more in their history of sailors and their tattoos. Link

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Right here in...  ...e fantastical, the perverse, and the unbelievable history of the one, the only … Coney Island!In 188...  ...es. Instead, its beginning unfolded much like the history of New York itself. In 1609, Henry Hudson happene...  ...ecay, efforts to preserve...

[http://youtu.be/LLsgUBcoI8w](YouTube link)This is more of a true story than it appears. In 1939, Franklin Roosevelt changed Thanksgiving from the last Thursday in November to the next-to-the-last Thursday, in order to g...

The following is an excerpt from A Little History of Science.If you want to really understand how s...  ...es of scientists both famous and unsung, A Little History of Science traces the march of science through th...  ...ure together.William Bynum is professor emeritus, history...

The more presidential election cycles you live thr...  ...lifetime, but you may have learned about them in history class or in your personal reading. I didn't; I mi...

The following is an article from Uncle John’...  ..., it's called Lycanthropy. Here's a little of its history . ANIMAL TALESNearly every society has legends abo...  ...IALTwo of the best known "werewolves" in European history are Peter Stube and Jean Grenier -famous as much...

Although European vampire panics died out in the 1...  ...ving wife of Captain Burton,” an early town history says. “It was the month of February and goo...

The times may be a-changin', but the Halloween fun of wearing costumes stays relatively the same.Join us as we take a tour of Halloween costumes and sugar laced revelry from the last hundred years or so.You'll laugh, you...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ...what do you really know about it? Here's a short history of what's now considered the "flying White House....

Last year, I was treated to The Physics Book by Cl...  ...tific breakthrough, so The Medical Book is also a history book. Flipping through the topics gives you a sen...  ...Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine is available now at Amazon, Barnes &a...