Retropod

The one night that changed President Nixon’s fate has stuck with us as a reminder of the limits of presidential power.

It may be hard to believe, but one single event rocketed Einstein to fame.

One simple change to how the Supreme Court bench was designed made a world of difference to how the justices communicated.

Ida Lewis saved as many as 25 people during her service at the lighthouse. But her deeds have largely been forgotten.

Freddie Oversteegen was 14 when she joined the Dutch resistance.

Thomas Blood had somewhat of a shady past. According to Ireland’s History magazine, he had a reputation for espionage and conducting terrorist campaigns — though many of his plans were foiled just in time.

Heather Penney was among the first female combat pilots in the country. On Sept. 11, 2001, she got a mission: Bring down the fourth hijacked plane hurtling towards Washington.

Both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln wrote poetry. But only one had a way with words.

A mysterious stone memorial was found in 2006 in Washington, D.C. But who placed a memorial to Nazi spies on government property? And why?

According to James Madison’s Virginia mansion Montpelier, Paul Jennings’ account reveals, “how the racial and gender hierarchies of the time complicate the way we understand roles in historic events.”