Our lives are so full of stuff that the average object can be instantly forgettable. But when fate and history combine, even the simplest of objects can change the world.

In 1773, a group of colonists protested 13 years of increasing British oppression by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor.

While Jews today observe Hanukkah by retelling the story of Judah and the Maccabees, there is another story that used to be told.

This fascinating special tells the story of Albert Einstein's 15-year struggle to prove one of his most radical theories—a theory that upended three centuries of scientific thought.

Before the term "snowboarding" existed—and at least 80 years before it was an Olympic phenomenon—people were surfing down snowy hills.

This special explores the Biblical world from a military perspective. Military historians unlock Biblical secrets by examining ancient weapons, strategies and commanders.

Electric lights have been a holiday spectacle for generations, and the first ones actually came from the inventor himself, Thomas Edison.

Bessie Coleman was the first woman of African American and Native American descent to earn her pilot's license in the U.S.

With 1950s suburbia built around cars, malls replaced walkable shopping. Centers like San Mateo’s Hillsdale quickly had to adapt.