Describes the contents of the 13 separate buildings of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the activities of this institution, and its mysterious origins.

A brief history of Arlington National Cemetery describing some of the famous and less well-known people buried there.

Details the Germans' last big offensive to reverse the course of World War II at the end of 1944.

Discusses the 1804 Homestead act that offered United States citizens and immigrants large tracts of inexpensive land on the Great Plains.

Recalls the events surrounding the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during which the U.S.S. Arizona sank.

An introduction to the land, history, people, and culture of the southern European country that at one time ruled all of the western world

Describes the assassination of President Kennedy, the reactions of a stunned world, his funeral services, and the controversy over the investigation of the killing

Examines the land, people, history, economy, and cultural life of this busy, crowded, prosperous manufacturing and trading center, a citadel of capitalism on the doorstep of the largest Communist country on earth