Charles River Editors

The Great Lakes have claimed countless thousands of vessels over the course of history, but its biggest and most famous victim was the SS Edmund Fitzgerald....

When one is looking quickly over the lives of the Presidents of the United States, it is easy to overlook William Henry Harrison....

The Apollo space program is the most celebrated in American history, but the first successful landing of men on the moon involved one of NASA's most infamous tragedies....

Catherine of Siena's actions have stimulated the piety of many since the early 15th century. She sought to reunite the Catholic Church and bring warring Italian states together....

Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century....

In the 18th century, when Europeans came upon giant mounds and earthworks, they couldn't imagine that Native Americans were capable of producing such masterful engineering....

When scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremely brutal consequences (at least by modern standards) often stand out....

Ancient Greece and its mythology has fascinated people for thousands of years, and few elements have intrigued people quite like the Eleusinian Mysteries....

Considered the "toughest and deadliest gunman of his day", Earp symbolized the swagger, the heroism, and even the lawlessness of the West....

The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th century for good reason. The war with the Third Reich involved an unseen cloak-and-dagger struggle between the participants, but beyond that, an even larger and longer contest took place in the shadows....