When you think of a veteran, your brain probably defaults to a guy in a weathered camo hat, ...

We dive into the high-stakes history of the "illegal" gear and design breakthroughs that shaped a century of winter sports.

Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who we were meant to be.

At the 1972 Grammys, Aretha Franklin wore a head-to-toe orange ensemble. When Franklin took home her seventh and eighth ...

In 1936, a Brooklyn girl stole family savings and flew to Hollywood for a “date” with Clark Gable. Here’s how it all ended.

Once used as a form of punishment for prisoners, this kind of training has taken on many forms for more than a century.

When the brown round campaign hat became the standardized headgear for all Army drill sergeants it was an end of an era and the merger of one standard.

Gold crosses, priceless art, sprawling cathedrals—there’s no denying the Catholic Church is rich. It built its massive wealth ...

How the choice of outerwear for Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, turned into part of the deportation story.

In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French ...

Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered hundreds of ...