Ratha Tep

Much more than just picnics under pretty pink trees, the national pastime of hanami is deeply entwined with the country’s national identity, spiritual beliefs and artistic traditions.

From a Viking 'far traveler' to a Soviet cosmonaut, these fearless women blazed daring new trails.

Yacht rock, while defined more than two decades later, offered a break from the politically charged era of the 1960s and early '70s.

Wong Tsu’s 10 months at Boeing in 1916-17 led to the fledgling airplane manufacturer's first military plane, first airmail plane and eventually, its first passenger plane.

A diverse coalition of mostly student activists converged in Mississippi in 1964 to challenge efforts to suppress the African American vote.

Caral was an architectural marvel—a 1,500-acre complex constructed by the oldest known civilization in the Western Hemisphere.

The Tyrannosaurus rex fossil known as Sue carries a controversial past—and has revealed fearsome facts about its species.

For five months in 1969, water flowing to the New York side of Niagara Falls was diverted, leaving a 100-foot-high dry cliff.

Operation Pied Piper organized the evacuation of some 800,000 children from urban centers in anticipation of Nazi bombings.

Annie Moore was a teenager from Ireland; Arne Petterssen was a Norwegian seaman who had overstayed his shore leave in New York.