In hindsight, Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” the love theme from James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic, seems—like a certain boat—too big to fail. It’s a big emotional ballad sung with maximum power ...

Out of 433 national park units, Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site in Washington, D.C., is the least visited of them ...

Covered bridges are mostly prized for their old-timey charm today, but they once served a practical purpose.

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Recently, Slate author Nitish Pahwa excavated a number of retro fast-food employee training videos, with the likes of Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, and Wendy’s represented. Among them: A 1992 McDonald’s ...

Cats come in tons of beautiful colors, with some of the rarest being the leopard-like rosette pattern or the purple-tinted ...

Bram Stoker’s creative process behind his iconic Gothic novel was shrouded in mystery for nearly a century. Dracula, the ...

The Great Raymond soon ventured to New York. When he packed up, Reichenbach stayed behind. By this point in the early 1910s, ...

Edgar Wallace wanted to promote his first novel with more than just traditional ads—but his brilliant idea almost became his ...

West Virginia tops the list as the fast food capital of the U.S., with about 49 chain restaurants for every 100,000 residents ...

It’s tempting to compare yourself to others when pursuing a reading goal. According to the Pew Research Center, the average person in the U.S. reads about 12 books per year—but that number won’t help ...