Three of Mary Bach’s fingers, hacked off by her murderous husband in 1881, were displayed in a jar for more than a century in Bowling Green, Ohio.

An introduction to the history and theory of racist humor and the social role it plays in Western societies.

Although the apartheid era continues to cast its shadow on Cape Town, many of its neighborhoods have been enjoying a renaissance as tourist destinations.

The shift from city centers to suburbs was reflected in post-World War II television programming.

In one experiment, the Viking landers added water to Martian soil samples. That might have been a very bad idea.

After Christian crusaders captured Jerusalem, the Prison of Christ featured on pilgrims' itineraries. But was Christ actually ever imprisoned there?

Luminaries from Agatha Christie to Walter Gropius gravitated to London’s “Lawn Road Flats.” So too did a far less conspicuous cohort: assets for the USSR.

Japanese American immigrant wives in the American West attempted to improve their living conditions through sex work.

There were 35 million prisoners of war held during World War II. One soldier's diary full of collages and drawings brings a human dimension to that number.

Well-researched stories from Aeon, The New Yorker, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.