From the 1890s through the World War II, battleships ruled the waves. These steel leviathans projected naval power across all the world's seas, clashing with other ships or bombarding enemy forces ...

USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.

The Quote of the Day by John F. Kennedy shares a strong message about courage and communication. It explains why leaders should not act out of fear but should still talk to solve conflicts. Kennedy’s ...

What are some of America's top presidential artifacts? McKinley museum Executive Director Kimberly Kinney shares some of her favorites.

The Quote of the Day highlights a powerful line by John F. Kennedy in which he stated that lasting peace can only be protected through preparedness and strength. Spoken during a period of rising ...

A non-profit focused on preserving and perpetuating Mele Hawaii has opened a cultural hub filled with pieces of Hawaiian ...

The Martin PBM Mariner was a unique WW2 flying boat that came with a fully functional kitchen onboard, allowing crews to ...

The Torsk's sinking of the Japanese vessel marked the last U.S. submarine kill for over eight decades - that is until March 3 ...

After World War II, the U.S. faced a monumental logistics problem across the entire Pacific: getting rid of nine million tons of surplus military material, valued at nearly $4 billion (north of $73 ...

When America was gaining independence from Great Britain, the Chumash were losing culture, language and life.

More than a century after its discovery, Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat is finally giving up new secrets. By analyzing ancient caulking and cords from the Hjortspring boat, researchers uncovered ...

The rural California town of Weed hits hard times, California's wine industry is being crushed and more big stories ...