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Brewing beer has a long history in the United States. These are 6 famous breweries producing some of the nation’s most beloved beers.

Find out about how Arcadia was featured on one of the country's hottest true crime podcasts!

At their core, state hospitals across the United States shared the same goals and challenges: to treat America’s mentally ill. The majority of these hospitals came to an end when their funding dwindled and smaller institutions became preferable for patients. These are five state hospitals and their stories.

While only four sitting American presidents have been assassinated while in office, there have been at least 17 attempts to murder a president in the country’s history. These are five presidents who succumbed to or survived assassinations.

It’s undeniable that the War of 1812 marked a shift in American history. The war is notable not only because it changed America’s place in the global marketplace, but because a young America fought the country with the greatest naval power in the world. Here, we’ve collected five of the most pivotal battles from the War of 1812. 
 

T.S. Eliot was just a college student when he began contributing to the literary canon. In honor of one of the country’s finest writers, here’s a look into the life and legacy of T.S. Eliot. 

The path to the ratification of the United States’ Constitution was a tiresome and twisted route, taking nearly three years to finalize and pass. This is the story of the fight for the ratification of the Constitution. 

There was once a time when steel was king. In Pittsburgh, steel came not only with jobs, but its own set of problems and drama. These tensions rolled over into one of the largest strikes in the city’s history. Read on to learn more about the 1919 steel strike, and how it changed Pittsburgh’s industrial scene!

When the Orville brothers conducted the first successful test flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, very few could have predicted how important aviators would become to American culture. Here, we’re delving into the history of just five of America’s greatest aviators.

The country was three years into the Depression when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected into office in 1933. He immediately set to introducing sweeping changes, establishing programs to create jobs and boost financial security as part of his New Deal. This is how President Roosevelt and the New Deal faced the Great Depression and emerged triumphant. 

The American Civil War (1861-1865) marked some of the most divisive and devastating years in the country’s history. Afterwards, the country entered what modern historians call Reconstruction. Looking back, Reconstruction is seen as a transformative, but challenging era in American history. This is everything you need to know about post-Civil War Reconstruction in America.

America’s first television sets began appearing in homes in 1938. Since its inception, the faces that appeared on televisions nationwide have risen to new levels of fame. Here, we’re diving into some of the most famous people in American television history.