While it’s really easy to dismiss much of the past as a sort of horrible, dark age, the truth is that humans have always been humans. For every bizarre superstition, there were incredible inventions, ...

It's important that we keep being interested in history. Even if we laughed it off, one of the most viral memes of this summer was quite poignant: we do live in the context of all in which we live and ...

We’ve all grown up hearing tales that started as “That couldn’t possibly be true…” and later morphed into “Wait — it was true?” These are the stories buffeted by time, legend and exaggeration—but ...

The sound of the party filters across the mansion's lawn long before you see it: Dozens of guests spill out onto the front porch of the stately Fendall Hall in Eufaula, Alabama. It's an engagement ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These history quizzes cover every corner of the globe and various difficulty levels. History buffs should have no problem with ...

Presidential superyacht Galeb, which was launched way back in 1938 and was used by former Yugoslav leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito, has been turned into a floating museum moored in Croatia's Adriatic ...

Let's talk about our great state of Michigan for a bit. National Michigan Day is celebrated every year on January 18. States are celebrated by the order they entered the union, starting in July, ...