History of the Americas

The Preacher's Battle Plan is a bold, Bible-centered charge to men of God who refuse to surrender truth in a compromising age.

From Reagan to the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most transformative periods in modern American history, tracing the United States from the conservative resurgence of the 1980s to the political, economic, technological, and cultural conflicts of the modern era.

Virginia LighthousesThere are 13 historic lighthouses surviving in Virginia and they are found in beautiful settings.

The Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement explores one of the most dramatic and transformative periods in modern American history.

Once a beacon of liberty and self-governance, our Republic has devolved into an oppressive, centralized government as a result of entrenched corruption, civic apathy, and moral decay.

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states.

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states.

They carried letters from home into camps where brothers faced brothers across rifle sights.

The Roaring Twenties were not simply a party before the hangover.

For decades, the standard archaeological consensus dictated that monumental architecture and complex trade networks required the foundation of established agriculture.

Im erbarmungslosen Herzen des heutigen amerikanischen Bundesstaates Arizona existierte eine Zivilisation, die das scheinbar physikalisch Unmogliche vollbrachte.

Der amerikanische Burgerkrieg war kein regionaler Konflikt - er war der erste moderne ideologische Krieg, in dem zwei konkurrierende Gesellschaftsmodelle aufeinanderprallten.

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states.

The definitive collection of Ohio's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, forOhio residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.

Stephen's reign was one of the darkest periods of English history.

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states.

The definitive collection of Ohio's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, forOhio residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.

Stephen's reign was one of the darkest periods of English history.

Aus religioser Flucht keimte Freiheit: Quaker in Pennsylvania, Hugenotten in Nieuw Amsterdam, Katholiken in Maryland webten Toleranz in die Kolonien - Penns Holztor offnete Juden und Atheisten gleichermaen.

What happens when the newly formed government of the United States imposes a crushing tax on the exact citizens who just fought a bloody revolution to escape taxation?

How does a desperate, peaceful religious movement promising spiritual salvation ultimately provoke one of the deadliest military massacres in American history?

How did a peaceful student protest against the Vietnam War on the streets of New York suddenly transform into a violent, bloody brawl perpetrated by hundreds of mobilized construction workers?

In the 1920s and 30s, criminal interrogations were brutal, imprecise, and frequently yielded false confessions.

Mexiko befindet sich in einem der blutigsten Machtkampfe seiner jungeren Geschichte: dem Krieg zwischen dem Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) und dem Sinaloa-Kartell.

The American West survived twice.

What happens when an uninspected, decaying earthen dam built for a defunct power plant is left to quietly rot above a college campus?

What happens when a wooden passenger ship, loaded with women and children for a church picnic, catches fire in the middle of a major river, and the safety equipment turns out to be entirely fake?

How does a highly organized syndicate of private distillers and corrupt federal agents manage to quietly steal millions of dollars directly from the United States Treasury, right under the nose of the President?

What happens when an entire American town is trapped inside a toxic, inescapable cloud of poisonous industrial gas for five continuous days, while the corporation responsible refuses to shut down its furnaces?

What happens when thousands of tons of highly volatile solid rocket fuel, stockpiled for the American Space Shuttle program, are left sitting in plastic barrels right next to a growing suburban metropolis?

How do you build a massively expensive transcontinental railroad when the actual construction operates at a severe financial loss?

What happens when severe drought, corporate logging negligence, and a freak atmospheric anomaly combine to create a literal tornado made of fire?

What happens when almost every single politician in a state legislature is secretly bribed to pass a law selling off millions of acres of public land to private shell companies for literal pennies on the dollar?

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, bekannt als El Mencho, steht im Zentrum einer der machtigsten und brutalsten Organisationen des Drogenhandels: dem Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).

How do you catch a meticulous, ghost-like serial killer who terrorized a state for a decade and successfully evaded the FBI for over forty years?

How does a simple, peaceful labor rally demanding an eight-hour workday end with a bomb blast, police firing into crowds, and the execution of men who never even threw the explosive?

Nach der Verhaftung von Joaquin El Chapo Guzman stand das Sinaloa-Kartell an einem Wendepunkt.

Vor den Schiffen lag ein Kontinent der Vielfalt: Vom Mississippi-Moundbuilder-Reich bis zu den Pueblos im Sudwesten, den Irokesen-Konfoderationen und nomadischen Prarievolkern pragten komplexe Gesellschaften das Land - Ackerbau, Handel, spirituelle Netze uber Tausende Meilen.

What happens when the Secretary of the Interior secretly sells off the United States Navy's emergency fuel supply to private oil barons in exchange for a briefcase full of cash?

In the winter of 1846, 87 pioneers were trapped by an early blizzard in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

How does a visionary inventor manage to excavate and build a fully functional, luxurious subway line directly beneath the busiest street in New York City without the corrupt politicians who ran the city ever finding out?

In 1859, a bankrupt rice merchant named Joshua Norton walked into a newspaper office in San Francisco and declared himself Emperor of the United States.

Im Jahr 1869 stieen Brunnenbauer auf einer Farm in New York auf eine Sensation, die die amerikanische Wissenschaft in den Grundfesten erschuttern sollte: Eine uber drei Meter groe, perfekt versteinerte Leiche eines Giganten.

The Spanish Empire's absolute dominance of the global economy hinged on the sprawling silver deposits of Potosi.

Aus den 1980er Reaganomics bis Trumps 2024-Wiederwahl weben sich Politik und Pop durch Krisen: Kulturkriege uber Immigration, Tech-Monopole und Klimazorn pragen eine gespaltene Nation.

In the summer of 1943, the streets of Los Angeles erupted into brutal, systemic violence.

How can a massive, heavily trafficked steel suspension bridge suddenly and violently disintegrate into a freezing river in a matter of seconds?

How does an eleven-man crew successfully infiltrate the purportedly impenetrable Brink's armored car depot in Boston, tie up the guards, and walk away with nearly three million dollars in cash, checks, and money orders without firing a single shot?

How do you completely dominate a political rival and assert absolute authority over a region without ever drawing a weapon or shedding a single drop of blood?

In Vernon, New Jersey, there was a theme park with no rules.