The shopping mall most people picture is a large enclosed building filled with department stores, food courts, escalators, and plenty of places to spend money you didn't necessarily plan to spend. The ...

Overview of the Palmyra site from the medieval castle (Qal‘at Shirkuh), looking southeast: Temple of Bel middle left; Great Colonnade center (photo by Judith McKenzie/Manar al-Athar) We see traces of ...

Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. In a straight line between the US and Japan, Hawaii is the first piece of land due west of San Francisco. In 1941 its shallow-water port, ...

From the Lenni Lenape who began the history of Tottenville to Captain Christopher Billopp and Bentley Manor in the 17th century, Angie Mangino shares insights into the overlooked history of ...

School choice has exploded in recent years. Is this development as novel as our heated debates suggest? Neal McCluskey, the former director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom, is ...

Hitler is so fully imagined a subject—so obsessively present on our televisions and in our bookstores—that to reimagine him seems pointless. As with the Hollywood fascination with Charles Manson, ...

Club My-O-My on Lake Pontchartrain. Princess Lavonne never wore heels. Not as a statement on 1940s fashion, mind you. Rather, it was a practical decision: One of her legs was longer than the other.

In 1944, the first five black patrolmen were sworn in which led to the creation of this precinct, the only one of its kind in the nation. Learn how this forgotten part of history is now making an ...