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The 10.38-carat gemstone, which carries an estimate of $3 million to $5 million, was owned by generations of European royalty ...

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Museum of Contemporary American Teenager is teaming up with American University to bring ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful ...

Much of Mackinac Island was designated as a national park in 1875, but it proved to be too expensive for the government to maintain, so it was transferred to the State of Michigan in 1895 ...

Between 2010 and 2021, authorities seized around five million individual sea horses worth more than $21 million ...

Learn how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin sparked national debate and changed how many Americans understood ...

Nearly 450 objects are heading to auction this month. The collection reveals the "Twin Peaks" director's restless creativity ...

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American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...