During the Second World War the Germans experimented with an interesting rotary wing design known as a 'rotor kite'. These concepts would result in a fully functional spotting aircraft to be used by ...

85 years ago, 11 Sunderland children set sail for Canada as they fled to safety - only two came home. Having waved goodbye to ...

In a recent op-ed in the Carroll County Times, “Trump got his WWII history wrong,” Doug Mallouk stated: “Regarding the 80th ...

William Sharp of Little Egg Harbor found New Jersey's biggest lobster on July 4, 2003, in 70 feet of water, a record that can ...

While digging through old folders and filing cabinets, Western Canada High School teacher Geneviève Dale happened across an ...

The ruins of the SS Nantes, a ship that sank over 100 years ago, were recently discovered off of the coast of England, ...

Shimmering gold lies in wait… ” promises the website of treasure hunter Martin Bayerle. It is now 44 years since he ...

In May 1942, German U-boats sank nearly one Allied vessel in the Gulf each day. This concentrated blitz made the Gulf the most dangerous body of water in the world at the time.

In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...

A large group of B-17 Flying Fortresses climbs above the clouds seeking altitude during a bombing mission targeting Kiel and ...

Illinois was a top-10 oil producing state from 1941 to 1945, producing 470 million barrels of oil, or 6% of overall U.S. production.