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Interesting Historical Images: From Fun to Frightening

Interesting Historical Images: From Fun to Frightening

Seldom seen pics from days gone by.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Fatherly Photos of Dad's Being the Same Across Time

Fatherly Photos of Dad's Being the Same Across Time

Dads don't get enough credit for all they do.

By Peter Rapine

Featured 10 months ago in Ftw

33 Photos of the World Doing Its Thing In 1986

33 Photos of the World Doing Its Thing In 1986

From the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion, to Chernobyl's meltdown, with a lot in between.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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18 Uncomfortable Museums From Recent-Ish History

18 Uncomfortable Museums From Recent-Ish History

Museums were a weird thing before the days of modern ethics and science.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Ancient Cities, Compared to Their Modern Counterparts

Ancient Cities, Compared to Their Modern Counterparts

While modern meccas like New York, London and Tokyo dominate world markets today, they weren't always the most powerful cities of their time.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Wow

Historical Photographs Missing From the Text Books

Historical Photographs Missing From the Text Books

Thanks to the internet, you can see fresh historical pics for the first time.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Ftw

34 Memorable Photos You Might Remember Taking in 1978

34 Memorable Photos You Might Remember Taking in 1978

From punk rock, to the Islamic Revolution.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 10 months ago in Wow

Vintage Selfies From the Days Before iPhones

Vintage Selfies From the Days Before iPhones

"But first ... let me take a selfie." — these guys, probably.

By Carly Tennes

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26 Jokes About History That Aren't Hiding Soldiers

26 Jokes About History That Aren't Hiding Soldiers

Historical funnies that may or may not have betrayed Julius Caesar.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Funny

17 Famous Historical Photos That Were Actually Staged

17 Famous Historical Photos That Were Actually Staged

Sometimes it's better to make your own perfect moment than wait for one to come along.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

35 Photos of How the World Looked in 1974

35 Photos of How the World Looked in 1974

Between Watergate at home, and the Vietnam War and Portuguese revolution abroad, 1974 was a year of turmoil.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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30 Old Black and White Photos of Men Working the Mines

30 Old Black and White Photos of Men Working the Mines

While we immerse ourselves in the hustle and bustle of the world above ground, we often forget about the necessary work going on beneath it.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

8 of the Most Feared Fighters Who Ever Stepped Onto the Battlefield

8 of the Most Feared Fighters Who Ever Stepped Onto the Battlefield

Being good at war has been a necessary skill in surviving as a people, and for that you need warriors.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

49 Perfect Photos of Life at its Best in 1981

49 Perfect Photos of Life at its Best in 1981

From the riots of Belfast to communist Poland to Raiders of the Lost Ark, it was definitely a year to remember.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

22 Ice Cold Photos From the OG Arctic Expeditions

22 Ice Cold Photos From the OG Arctic Expeditions

The early Arctic and Antarctic expeditions were daring, deadly, and cold.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

'Genius' Schemes From History That Backfired Hard

'Genius' Schemes From History That Backfired Hard

As Vizzini infamously reminds Westley in The Princess Bride, "Never get involved in a land war in Asia."

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

22 Photos of Nikola Tesla And His Actual Legacy

22 Photos of Nikola Tesla And His Actual Legacy

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American engineer with a passion for electricity, and ambitious ideas about the future. He was also as close as the world will ever come to a mad scientist.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

What the World Looked Like in 1968, Shown in Photos

What the World Looked Like in 1968, Shown in Photos

A whole lot happened during the swingin' '60s.

By Carly Tennes

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

20 Colorized Historical Pics that Bring The Vibrance

20 Colorized Historical Pics that Bring The Vibrance

The world has always been full of color, whether there were fancy cameras around to capture it or not.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

21 History Memes the Principal Scrubbed From the Textbooks

21 History Memes the Principal Scrubbed From the Textbooks

If you're looking for some educational funnies, try these history memes on for size.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Funny

Classic Concert Photos From the '60s, '70s & '80s

Classic Concert Photos From the '60s, '70s & '80s

Coachella who?

By Carly Tennes

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

History's Best Dressed Horses, Seen in Classic Images

History's Best Dressed Horses, Seen in Classic Images

Horses deserve to get dressed up too.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

Seeing Double: Rare Things That Somehow Happened Twice

Seeing Double: Rare Things That Somehow Happened Twice

Don't spend that ten cents all in one place!

By Carly Tennes

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

32 Classic Photos For a Quick Tour Through History

32 Classic Photos For a Quick Tour Through History

These might change your perspective on the past.

By Nathan Johnson

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

21 Historical Villains That History Got Wrong

21 Historical Villains That History Got Wrong

They might not be great, but are they the historical supervillains we've made them out to be?

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 11 months ago in Wow

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When a Would-Be Gunman Was Disarmed and Embraced by Former College Wide Receiver Turned Coach

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25 Disturbing Facts Most People Don't Want to Know

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