A look back at the second mission to land humans on the moon, which blasted off on November 14, 1969.
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a look back at the 28 years when it stood, separating a city and its people.
Take a step into a visual time capsule for a brief look at the world three decades ago.
In April 1904, St. Louis opened its doors to the world, welcoming millions to see the fascinating buildings and exhibits of art, technology, and history on display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
A small collection selected from the thousands of remarkable images made by Margaret Bourke-White over a lifetime of pioneering photojournalism work
Images of Liberty Enlightening the World, taken over more than 130 years
Images from a cultural touchstone event that took place 50 years ago this week
A look back at the opening days of the Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, in 1955.
Fifty photos of the historic Apollo 11 mission on the 50th anniversary of that “giant leap.”
Images of some of the training, preparation, and daily life that occupied the Apollo 11 astronauts and their NASA support team in the months leading up to launch day
A grab bag of interesting, seldom-seen historic images depicting myriad people, places, and things—from epic achievements to small moments.
Arizona’s existing geology, coupled with man-made crater fields, hosted numerous moonlike sites for Apollo astronauts to train.
The paranoid worldview of Enver Hoxha, the leader of Albania during the Cold War, led to a massive “bunkerization” project that resulted in the building of nearly 175,000 concrete bunkers across the country.
Images of some of the brave women who worked tirelessly for years to demand equal rights, and finally succeeded by having them written into law
Thirty-three years ago, a series of explosions destroyed Chernobyl’s reactor No. 4, starting a blaze that burned for 10 days and sent a plume of radiation around the world—and that was just the beginning of the disaster.
Please take a moment to look back at some of the events and sights from around the world a century ago.
A quarter century after organized violence left hundreds of thousands dead, Rwandans remember and try to reconcile.
A half century ago, humans first set foot on the moon, hundreds of thousands of young people gathered in New York’s Catskill Mountains for a music festival that became a cultural milestone, and so much more.
A half century ago, human beings left our planet for a trip around the moon for the first time, and brought home incredible images of vistas never seen before.
Since the 1860s, these intriguing counterbalanced cable railways have been built on mountaintops for tourists, on hillsides for mines, and in cities for public transport.
This Sunday, November 11, 2018, will mark the passing of 100 years since the end of World War I.
A collection of images from Chicago as it was some 75 years ago
A year ago this weekend, Hurricane Harvey, one of the costliest tropical cyclones in history, roared into Texas and Louisiana.
In August 1968, the Soviet Union sent 2,000 tanks and thousands of Warsaw Pact troops into Czechoslovakia to seize control and put down its growing pro-democratic government.
A look back at the second mission to land humans on the moon, which blasted off on November 14, 1969.
A record-setting acqua alta has left much of Venice submerged, following stormy conditions blowing in from the Adriatic Sea.
Bundle up, maybe grab a mug of hot cider, and enjoy this batch of recent fall photos.
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a look back at the 28 years when it stood, separating a city and its people.