The Founding of Savannah GA

In October 1728, a man named Robert Castell died in a debtor’s prison in England. Castell was an architect and a failed publisher, but he was also a friend of James Oglethorpe, a Member of Parliament. So Castell’s death led, indirectly, to the founding of the State of Georgia and the city of Savannah.

Ogelthorpe Monument, Savannah GA

Lake Missoula and the Great Glacial Flood

Around 10,000 years ago, a huge glacier lake broke through its ice dam and changed much of the landscape in the Pacific Northwest.

US Geological Survey of the Lake Missoula flood zones photo from Wiki Commons

Betty and Barney Hill’s Interrupted Journey

The “Hill Abduction” remains one of the most famous UFO cases in the US.

The Process Behind an RAF Nighttime Air Raid on Nazi Germany

By the end of World War Two, the British RAF had developed a well-practiced routine for air raids against the Third Reich.

RAF Lancasters on a nighttime raid photo from WikiCommons