When we say something “sticks out like a store thumb,” we mean it’s conspicuous, obvious, or unusual (and typically not in a ...

Every day, several speeding Amtrak trains slow down from a rip-roaring 110 miles per hour to a 30-mile-per-hour crawl as they ...

Read the full transcript below: "In the early part of the 20th Century and the late part of the 19th Century, in particular, there were regular comments advising mothers that if you want your boy ...

Even before he was elected in 2016, observers pointed to how Trump's worldview seemed more at home in the late 19th or early 20th century. The core of a 19th-century U.S. foreign policy was to see ...

Portuguese missionaries in Angola and Mozambique in the late 19th century and 20th century were renowned and feared for their willingness to work hand in glove with the Portuguese colonial ...

Many mid-19th century French immigrants were political ... was later known as Bridgeport and was the power base of five 20th century Chicago mayors. By 1900, Chicago had the fourth largest ...

In the 19th century, the number of people in prisons ... In 1877 the government brought all prisons under its control. By the 20th century, the separate and silent experiments were ended.

Using our images from the Internet Archive, Rougeux has transformed the static pages of a 19th-century book into an interactive resource. Users can browse across all four volumes by topic and ...