Boston's 17th-Century Burying Grounds
The Grim Reaper made frequent visits to colonial Boston. Disease and the difficulties of childbirth sent many men, …
Stuart-Era
Versailles: the Grandest Palace of Them All
King Louis XIV was so proud of Versailles that he would often give tours to visiting dignitaries himself and even wrote …
The 17th-Century Hampton Court Beauties
Depicting the most glamorous ladies from the court of King William III and Queen Mary II, the Hampton Court Beauties are …
When is a Night Watch not a Night Watch? When it's Rembrandt's most famous painting.
Rembrandt's "The Night Watch' is arguably the most famous painting in the Netherlands. It was painted in 1642, during …
Happy Thanksgiving
For millennia people have given thanks for a good harvest with special ceremonies. The Thanksgiving tradition in North …
The Execution of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plotters - Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
The Sinister Plot In 1605, a group of rural English Catholics from England's heartlands banded together to hatch a plot …
Heads Will Roll - The Beheading of Charles I
There was a chill breeze blowing as Charles stepped out onto the execution scaffold on that cold, gray afternoon of …