Often referred to as 'Hollywood’s first family', it may surprise you to learn that the Barrymore clan has been in the acting business for hundreds of years. However, the dynasty's impressive journey ...

The Parkman murder has been called the O. J. Simpson trial of the nineteenth century. It had everything a good murder story needs: a rich, well-known victim; a well-respected suspect; gruesome ...

J. D. Borthwick, an Englishman searching for his fortune in the Gold Rush, came to California in 1851. He observed and portrayed the gambling element of it in several of the lithographs illustrating ...