Category: U.S. Historical News

What is our fascination with old, rundown insane asylums? Or better yet, why are we so fascinated by the idea of lunacy? This fascination is…

It is hard to imagine that there was a time when women were thought of as pretty much worthless. Then again, after doing some online…

Thank goodness for the quasi-free speech we have today. In the 1911 article below, a writer was arrested for writing against the prude laws that…

A cautionary tale of a young man who inherited a fortune and blew through it all in just a few short years. How to Squander…

Skate kites were once a huge rage back in the early 1900s when people would often enjoy ice skating outside during the winter months. Today,…

When life is at its absolutely worse, some people feel that the only option available to them is death. While the story below comes from…

What is really interesting here is that the article properly portrays what a true anarchist is. Hollywood and corporate owned news outlets would have us…

People are cruel. We have problems with bullying in our schools and workforce, and it is no different than what people experienced over 100 years…

Frog farming is just something I never thought of or heard of before. Then again, I used to live in Pennsylvania and I do not…