The popular conspiracy theory has intriguing parallels with classic noir by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.

Here's how to figure out how long it's been since someone left their empties around, only to be dug up later.

The Treaty of Wanghia formalized the burgeoning ties between the two countries, opening the door to new commercial and cultural exchanges.

In the Old West, cross-dressing was sometimes a disguise for criminals on the lam. But, one historian argues, in many cases these “cross-dressers” were probably people who we would identify as transgender today.

For Jim Rock, tin cans were as important as shards of ancient pottery. Each can told a story of nineteenth and twentieth century life in America.

How did Portland, Oregon become a hipster haven? While other cities declined in the 60s and 70s, Portland looked at what they did and planned the opposite.

The Pacific Northwest may be due for a big earthquake, and there is historical evidence to suggest it may be huge.

When the United States Post Office (USPS) tried to sell off historic New Deal sites, scholars and communities protested.

The movie version of Cheryl Strayed’s searing memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail,” starring ...

Nineteenth-century visual images, then, had power to move people to action, to convert ideas into policy.