In April, 1926, free-speech crusader H.L. Mencken confronted religious hypocrisy and censorship at Brimstone Corner in Boston. 

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After working together for 22 years, Matthew Henson and Robert E. Peary located the North Pole in April, 1909. History, however,  would record only Peary's name as having made the discovery. 

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A little known story of one of the brave souls who helped to battle the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904.

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In 1906, Upton Sinclair causes an uproar when he publishes his book "The Jungle," a shocking expose of the conditions in the meat packing industry. 

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During the Civil War, Hetty Cary, known as "the most beautiful girl in the South," supported the Southern cause with her fellow "Monument Street Girls" in Baltimore, moved to Richmond, and had a tragic love affair with a Confederate general.

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During the War of 1812, Maryland militiamen, led by Joseph Stewart, captured the long boat belonging to the HMS Dauntless as it lay trapped in ice. 

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Baltimore socialite Wallis Simpson's life took a number of interesting turns over the course of the first half of the 20th century. 

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On January 17, 1781, a group of American militiamen and Continental regulars defeated 1100 British troops commanded by Banastre Tarelton in a South Carolina meadow known as the Cowpens.

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Prohibition was a creative time for some residents of Maryland. 

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In 1894, German immigrant Max Broedel came to work at Johns Hopkins as a medical illustrator and found lasting friendships with members of "The Saturday Night Club." 

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