History

The Jacobins influenced one of the most controversial periods of the French Revolution, showing what can happen when a radical movement takes over the charge.

Absolute monarchy represents a state where rulers have absolute political and military power, and the common laws and constitutions do not apply to them.

The First Crusade was a pivotal event with lasting consequences on the political and religious relations of the medieval world.

The conquest of the New World forever changed history. But for a brief moment, it could have gone an entirely different way.

Explore presidential landmarks across the US: places where leaders lived and worked. Walk the rooms and porches where the job got heavy and history stayed.

Explore Louisiana’s soul through 9 historic towns, where meat pies, haunted mansions, Creole streets, and Mardi Gras on horseback bring the past to life.

Explore 8 historic Mackinac Island sites that shaped Michigan’s fur trade, military history, and 19th-century culture, preserved through forts, homes, churches, and museums.

Napoleon's Continental System, a boycott of British commerce across Europe between 1806 and 1814, led to a brief war between Britain and Russia: the Anglo-Russian War.