The 18th president's descendant had a storied career in museum curation before turning his attention to an affable vampire.

The Marvel Universe is full of amazing characters, both heroes and villains, and has become one of the biggest franchises in pop culture. Marvel has rode its characters to the bank, and one of the ...

When the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) arrived in Sri Lanka on July 30, 1987, New Delhi did not expect to be embroiled in a bloody conflict with the ...

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook have a genuine interest in Irish history – when I got a chance to discuss Michael Collins and Henry Wilson with them I jumped at it ...

I wrote for The Telegraph a column titled “Grand Army of the Republic’s legacy lives on.” It dealt with the Parrott Rifle, sometimes called “the cemetery cannon,” which sits in Alton Cemetery. The ...

With few qualified people available, Jawaharlal Nehru took a bet on unusual diplomatic candidates in newly independent India ...

Delve into the fascinating origins of some of your favorite Star Wars moments and discover the comic book stories that helped shape them.

The father of NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mandami sits on a council rife with anti-Israel sentiment and has ...

The U.S. president earns a base salary of $400,000 a year, and the postmaster general gets a base salary of $303,460. (The chief justice of the supreme court gets $317,500.) That means the current ...

Author Darin Wipperman provides a tantalizing glimpse into the world of Berdan’s sharpshooters during the American Civil War.