About the Site

The History Detectives web site is jampacked with information about the show and information on how to conduct your own historical investigations.

You can also access every single past investigation by air date, geographical location or historical era in the Archive.

Explore the Video Library for highlights from each season, interviews with the History Detectives and tutorials on how to conduct your own investigations such as dating a house or spotting a fake artifact.

If you need more help with your own investigations, go to the Do It Yourself Guides, new additions include how to research a WWII miltary record, rock and mineral identification , and more information on art and photo evaluation . You can also find a step-by-step guide to genealogy, researching buildings, document evaluation and much more.

You can also study the techniques used by our professional investigators; or get to know the History Detectives' team of experts through interviews and pictures taken on the road. This season we're bringing you even more behind the scenes as the detectives share their journals, written on the road as they criss-cross the country.

Got any burning questions? You can ask our experts anything you like, the entire field of historical investigation is open for exploration. Check out our Viewer Mailbag for answers to questions and our responses to your comments and feedback.

The site also provides a number of interactive games and learning activities. For Educators includes lesson plans and other tools to reinforce concepts from the programs, and develop student interest in the study of history, science, and other core subjects.

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