Australian coins minted by mistake during the Great Depression are now worth way more than their face value.

Depression-era glass was originally produced with affordability in mind, but these days, certain patterns and products are ...

Author Lauren H. Kerstein shares the true story of the Packhorse Library Project & the women who risked it all to ...

The Great Depression brought with it many dishes born of necessity. One of the most unusual involved peanut butter and this ...

President Hoover was not popular during the Great Depression. This one dish was served in soup kitchens to prevent people ...

Tucked into the forested hills of southeastern Oklahoma, Beavers Bend State Park has grown from a modest Depression-era project into one of the state’s most popular outdoor ...

The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the hardest economic periods in American history. With unemployment reaching 25%, ...

Here’s what to know about the energy, economic, and political crises surrounding Cuba—and the role of Trump and the U.S.

"Water for Elephants" musical tells story of traveling Depression-era circus, which includes Walter the clown.

It’s something of a mystery that messing around with piles of small plastic bricks should still be a phenomenon almost 100 years after a struggling Danish carpenter sought solace from the ravages of ...

Throughout the 20th century, Americans periodically turned to China for answers to their own dilemmas. Pearl Buck’s ...