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Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and his staff officers, photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1865. Standing, left to right: Oliver O. Howard, William B. Hazen, Jefferson C. Davis, and Joseph A. Mower. Sitting...

Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864, part of the American Civil War, original illustration by Felix Octavius Carr Darley and engraved by Alexander Hay Ritchie, c. 1868. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Sword monument in Qooqqut, Greenland, photograph by Brandon M. Bender, 11 September 2025. This modern "sword in the stone" sculpture in Qooqqut stands near the site of the Norse farm V25 in the Western Settlement...

Tomb of Nadira Banu Begum, photograph by Meemjee, 2014. Nadira Banu Begum (1618-1659) was the daughter of Sultan Parviz Mirza and wife to Prince Dara Shikoh, heir apparent to the Mughal throne. She died in travel during...

Bell Witch Cave, 430 Keysburg Rd. Adams, Tennessee. The site is allegedly where the Bell Witch lived and, according to some, still lives. Photograph by Www78, 2010.

Illustration from page 222 of An Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Witch by M. V. Ingram, 1894. The legend of the Bell Witch, detailing the supernatural events that allegedly happened between 1817 and 1821, has been...

Tennessee Historical Commission marker along U.S. Route 41 in Adams, Tennessee, commemorating the Bell Witch legend. Photograph by Brian Stansberry, 2016.

Front cover of The Authenticated History of the Bell Witch by M.V. Ingram (1832-1909), first printed 1894. Facsimile reproduction published by Rare Book Reprints, Nashville, TN, 1961.

The Palace of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia at Livadia, Yalta, Crimea, May 1918. The palace famously hosted the Yalta Conference of February 1945 where Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin discussed...

A photograph of the leaders of the USSR and USA, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt, in discussion during the Yalta Conference of February 1945 which discussed how to best end the Second World War (1939-45...