In 1927, the world was on the brink of change, with new technologies and cultural shifts reshaping daily life. These vintage ...

Did they make better whisky in 1927? A new book entitled The Distillation of Whisky 1927-1931 and a spinoff initiative called “Project 1927” aims to find out. The book and the subsequent experiment by ...

Almost 100 years ago, a furious tornado flattened hundreds of homes and businesses in Indianapolis, an incident whose devastation might not be visible now save for the jaw-dropping photography of it.

Nearly 100 years after one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, Louisiana is marking the legacy of the Great Flood ...

In the late 1920s, America was roaring. Jazz spilled from speakeasies, skyscrapers pierced the skyline, and the motorcar was no longer a novelty but a symbol of freedom, speed, and sophistication.

Every new year a crop of books, music and films become part of the public domain in the U.S. Jennifer Jenkins of Duke University shares a few of the works from 1927 coming our way. On Sunday, a new ...

Aviator Charles Lindbergh began his historic solo transatlantic flight on this day in history, May 20, 1927. Departing from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, just before 8 a.m. on May 20, ...

People have always camped for fun and relaxation, but the pastime gained great popularity in the late 19th century when more individuals saw it as a great way to escape the urban environment and ...

Sam Ezell pulls open a creaky garage door and shines light on an artifact hidden for 35 years: a 1927 Cadillac fit for a president’s ride, as red as Santa’s sleigh and twice as long, rolling on ...