Dawn broke over the trenches, and by nightfall, tens of thousands lay silent. The Somme revealed the terrible cost of courage in a modern war.

Closed off from the world, the little wooded isle of Poveglia in the Venetian Lagoon has a haunting history. It’s also known ...

On December 26, 1776, the full might of General George Washington’s Continental Army was revealed along the frozen riverbanks of ...