Toothpaste through the decades, from tube concept to the fluoride breakthrough (1892)
A century of vintage toothpaste ads and tubes, from 1890s tooth powder to Crest's fluoride breakthrough and beyond.
Marilyn Monroe’s death at 36: The night that shocked the world in August 1962
Marilyn Monroe's death: What the coroner found, what the investigation concluded, and why questions about that August 1962 night never fully went away.
1960s short hairstyles: 7 bold looks that defined the decade’s most revolutionary era in hair
1960s short hairstyles ranged from the mod Sassoon bob to soft bouffants -- here's how the decade's most daring haircuts happened.
25 stunning mid-century foyer ideas from the golden era of American home design
Mid-century foyer style went far beyond a place to hang your coat. See how postwar Americans turned entrance halls into design statements.
Dinah Shore’s home tour: See inside her charming Beverly Hills house in the 1960s & 70s
Dinah Shore's Beverly Hills home, as seen in the 1960s and '70s -- with her commercial kitchen, guest cottage and the life she built between TV shows.
Adam-12: The accurate LAPD codes and cop lingo that made the show feel so true to life
Adam-12 leaned on real LAPD codes, ride-alongs and an actual police dispatcher to make this 1968 cop show feel like the real deal.
50 slick Hide-A-Bed sofa styles that turned any living room into a secret guest bedroom (1940s-70s)
Hide-a-bed sofas turned a regular couch into a guest room overnight. See vintage styles and ads from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Lustre-Creme: The popular shampoo that put famous 1950s & 60s actresses in every magazine ad
The old-fashioned Lustre-Creme shampoo was famous for hiring famous actresses to promote their product. Here's a look at some of the stars!
Mr Potato Head used to require a real potato — here’s how the famous toy has changed since 1952
Mr Potato Head started with real vegetables and push-pins in 1952 -- and became the first toy ever advertised on TV. Here's the full story behind the famous spud.
Before email, people wrote letters -- and Hallmark made sure they had stylish paper to do it with. A look back at the vintage Hallmark stationery sets.
Bonanza: The fascinating story behind TV’s biggest Western hit of the 1960s
Bonanza almost didn't survive its first season. Here's how the show went from near-cancellation to the No. 1 Western on TV -- and what ended it for good.
Jigsaw puzzles: The fun & addictive fad that took over American living rooms — more than once (1908)
Jigsaw puzzles swept America not once but twice -- first in 1908, then again in the Great Depression. Here's the wild history behind the hobby.
Soap-on-a-rope: The old-fashioned gift that made a real splash in the 1970s
Let’s consider for a moment the soap-on-a-rope phenomenon — a peculiar fusion of the useful and the whimsical that once occupied a prominent place in
Rocky and Bullwinkle: How a moose & squirrel became TV’s sneakiest, funniest satirists
Rocky and Bullwinkle debuted in 1959 as a kids' cartoon – and spent five seasons smuggling Cold War satire past network censors. Here's the full story.
Electric typewriter history from Edison to IBM's Selectric -- how a humming office machine with a golf ball print head came to dominate American workplaces.
Hawaiian luau parties swept American backyards in the late '50s and '60s -- here's the real history behind the roast pigs, paper leis and pineapple punch.
Old-fashioned magic cookie bars: 7 ways to make deliciously decadent 7-layer bars
Whether you call them 7-layer bars, magic cookie bars or something else, It's just layer after layer of delectable ingredients, spread on top of the other right in the baking pan. No mixing!
The Hoppity Hop was just an inflated ball with a handle -- and it sold 300,000 units in months. Here's the history behind one of the '60s biggest toy crazes.
International long-distance calls cost $75 in 1927 and $12 in the '60s -- which was considered a bargain. Here's the history of how we got connected.
The Doors turned every concert into something unpredictable. Here's what it was actually like to see Jim Morrison and the band perform live in the 60s and 70s.
40 vintage cake mixes you can’t get anymore — and the wild flavors we lost along the way
Burnt sugar, chocolate malt, pink lemonade, black walnut -- vintage cake mixes once offered flavors you'd never find on shelves today. Here's how it all happened.
Vintage jukeboxes ruled American bars, diners and drugstores for decades -- here's the full story of the machines, the makers and the music that defined an era.
Sprite lemon-lime soda: From small-town test markets to worldwide bestseller (1960s)
Sprite launched in 1961 as Coca-Cola's long-shot bet against 7-Up. Here's how the lemon-lime soda went from Ohio test markets to a global top-three bestseller.
Haight-Ashbury in 1967 drew 100,000 people to 25 San Francisco blocks -- and collapsed under the weight of its own mythology by October. Here's the full story.
Lawrence Welk: From North Dakota farm boy to TV’s most-watched bandleader (1950s-80s)
Lawrence Welk went from a North Dakota farm to the top of American TV. Here's how champagne music conquered Saturday nights for three decades.
Why the vintage wall paneling in these 1950s & 1960s homes still works
This gigantic collection of vintage wall paneling from mid-century (and beyond) makes for a surprisingly delightful scroll down nostalgia lane!
Mad magazine: How a wicked 1952 comic book taught America to mock everything
Mad magazine launched as a 10-cent comic in 1952 and grew into America's most influential humor mag. Here's the wild story behind Alfred E. Neuman.
1960s flats: The decade that finally made low heels a real fashion choice
1960s flats finally let women dress up without high heels -- see vintage T-straps, slingbacks, ballet flats and brocade slippers from the era.
Card tables started out as elegant colonial furniture and ended up in nearly every American home. Here's how they got from one to the other.
Carol Burnett: How talent, charm, generosity & luck made her comedy career skyrocket (1960s-80s)
Her name is Carol Burnett, and her elongated, restless, expressive and oddly beautiful face is one of show business's favorite funny valentines.
