Smithsonian magazine

This 17th-Century Female Artist Was Once a Bigger Star Than Rembrandt. Why Did History Forget About Johanna Koerten and Her Peers? (September 29, 2025)

The Shipwrecks From John Franklin’s Doomed Arctic Expedition Were Exactly Where the Inuit Said They Would Be (May 19, 2025)

The Real Story Behind ‘Wolf Hall’ and the Fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Most Controversial Adviser (March 20, 2025)

These Rare Artifacts Tell Medieval Women’s Stories in Their Own Words (October 24, 2024)

The Top-Secret World War II Mission That Killed Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., the Heir Apparent to the Political Dynasty (August 12, 2024)

The Real Story Behind ‘Firebrand’ and Henry VIII’s Tumultuous Relationship With His Sixth Wife, Catherine Parr (June 13, 2024)

Why Leopold and Loeb Committed Cold-Blooded Murder in the ‘Crime of the Century’ (May 20, 2024)

The Real History Behind ‘Masters of the Air’ and the 100th Bomb Group (January 23, 2024)

From the Governor’s Mansion to the White House and Beyond, Rosalynn Carter Was a Tireless Advocate for the Vulnerable (November 19, 2023)

The Real History Behind ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (October 18, 2023)

‘The Lost King’ Dramatizes the Search for Richard III’s Remains. The Monarch’s Life Was Even More Sensational (March 23, 2023)

Why Marie Antoinette’s Reputation Changes With Each Generation (March 17, 2023)

Why Art Was Such a Powerful Tool for England’s Tudor Monarchs (October 11, 2022)

The Real Warriors Behind ‘The Woman King’ (September 15, 2022)

The Royal Scandal That Rocked Elizabeth I’s Teenage Years (June 9, 2022)

The True History Behind ‘Six,’ the Tudor Musical About Henry VIII’s Wives (October 1, 2021)

A History of Gymnastics, From Ancient Greece to Tokyo 2020 (July 26, 2021)

The True History Behind Amazon Prime’s ‘Underground Railroad’ (May 13, 2021)

The Khatyn Massacre Symbolized Nazi Atrocities on World War II’s Eastern Front (March 22, 2021)

The Myth of ‘Bloody Mary’ (March 12, 2020)

The True Story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I (December 6, 2018)

The True Story of Robert the Bruce, Scotland’s “Outlaw King” (November 8, 2018)

The True Story of Henry V, England’s Warrior King (October 31, 2019)

The Lost Children of the Lidice Massacre (September 12, 2018)