This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

THINGS GOT WEIRD Metal Detecting a Plantation House from 1850 in Mississippi! When we started to crawl under the house things ...

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Longtime Houstonians -- including people who were born here -- explain their abiding love for this mystifying city.

For decades after his military service, Bruce Whipple would take his mobile museum filled with Vietnam-era items to military shows, schools and air shows. The 75-year-old, who served in the Vietnam ...

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

Our attention turns to Mardi Gras. Balls and parades are right around the corner. We start with a little Carnival history. Dave Elliott stopped by the Coastal Mardi Gras Museum to talk with museum ...