Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down gangsters and break up a Nazi spy ring in South America. Her work helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today.

On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signali...

Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journ...

Legendary Apache warrior Geronimo was loved by his people for his fierce courage while pioneers fear...

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at...

In 1988, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presi...

Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was ov...

The Triangle Fire chronicles the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City kill...

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, th...

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost...

November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a d...

Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of ...

In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from ...

Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, ...
He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all t...

On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at Ne...

One of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s, Fats Domino and his record sales were ri...

A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.

Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern histor...

The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act...

American Experience celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Founded by R...