Escaping Disguised as a German Officer (Video)

6 years ago

Hear the exciting escape story of Mike Sinclair - the only British prisoner to be killed at Colditz. Learn how…

World’s Largest Sundial

6 years ago

This is Jantar Mantar, an astronomical observatory in Jaipur, India completed in 1734. It contains this machine, the world's largest…

How Old Are the Waldenses? (Video)

6 years ago

The Waldenses were a group of Christians centered in the Alps that were opposed to the Catholic church before the…

The War on Images (Claudius of Turin Video, Part 2)

6 years ago

How the 9th century Bishop Claudius of Turin took on the powerful Catholic church and their worship of images.

How Marco Polo Changed the World! (Video)

6 years ago

You may know Marco Polo as the first European to visit China. Did you know he was certainly not the…

How the American Frontier Once Was

6 years ago

Today the Linville Gorge is some of the most remote wilderness in the US East of the Mississippi River. When…

The Assassination that Started the Great War

6 years ago

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I - the Great War. It is a…

Optical Telegraphs and the First Telecom Scam

6 years ago

Tom Scott visits an old optical telegraph station that was used to send messages across France at amazing speeds for…

Should You Visit the Museum of the Bible?

6 years ago

Earlier this year some of the Discerning History team visited the new Museum of the Bible while passing through Washington,…