Hawaiian Annexation in 1898 guaranteed American citizens access to a tropical paradise. It also denied native Hawaiians control of their future. U.S. Expansionists seized valuable land, arguing that America had to claim the islands before Japan or another imperial power beat them to it. They asserted that a
Inventions and Discoveries of the Industrial Revolution defined today’s world.
Strange nineteenth-century customs, holidays and events echo in today’s world.
Victorian Age fashion pushed forward into greater freedom.
Advances in the Industrial Era spawned secret places, many of which you can still visit.
Nellie Bly and other Victorian Era visionaries blazed trails to your future.
Explore pets, plants and other 19th century natural wonders and people who protected them.
Rival journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland raced around the world in 1889. Facing treacherous…
