Frederick Kramer migrated from the city of Halle, Prussia, to Boston, Mass., in 1848. He was 19 years old. In 1852, he enlisted in the Seventh Cavalry E Company of the U.S. Army, which took him to ...

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The devastation of Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE is one of the best-recorded disasters in human history.

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One mountain range in Arizona is shrouded in superstition and has also played host to many disappearing hikers each year.

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He tackled issues like the Civil War, Reconstruction, immigration, and Tammany Hall ... The donkey became more popular in the ...

Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood.

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