Watch a preview for the film The Crash of 1929.
In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely mentally ill.
An epic story of adventure, abandonment and human tragedy, The Greely Expedition tells of an 1881 scientific mission to the Arctic that ended with death and rumors of cannibalism.
Like everything else about General George Custer, his martyrdom was shrouded in controversy and contradictions.
From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case.
Wyatt Earp came to epitomize the marshal responsible for taming the Wild West.
John D. Rockefeller was the world's first billionaire and the most hated man in America.
Uncover the shocking history of the early 20th-century campaign to breed a “better” American race.
Explore the history of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment.
Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment.
Revisit the heyday of America’s traveling circus and meet the showmen who created it.
A preview of The Kennedys, a saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy.
