De Soto Falls, Welsh Caves, Fort Payne:

Another Saga in the Hunt
For Old Prince Madoc.

Published on Nobember 7, 2012

It's Pseudohistory for Sure,
But Worth Its Weight in Stories to Tell.

Finding Old Madoc
At the DAR in Mobile.

Published on August 15, 2012

The Childhood Homes Are Real Enough,
But an Axe-Wielding Vampire Hunter?

Abe Lincoln and His
Mash-Up Secret Occupation.

Published on July 16, 2012

Mounds, Madoc, the Slick Pig,
and a Civil War Battlefield Park:

Peregrinating
With Jeremy Black.

Published on April 20, 2012

Maybe It Should Have Been A Princess of Mars:

Who Is John Carter?

Published on March 20, 2012

A Tale of Three Cities:

Corinth, Palermo, and Barcelona.

Published on February 13, 2012

Dispatch from the Brilliance of the Seas:

Of Minarets, the Marathon,
And a One-Eyed Chora Cat.

Published on November 7, 2011

Dispatch from the Brilliance of the Seas:

Of Barcelona, Messina,
Mount Etna, and Corfu.

Published on October 19, 2011

At the Society for the History of Discoveries:

Lobster, Clam Chowder, Brew
And Good Fellowship in Maine.

Published on October 12, 2011

Of a Dean and Many Mounds:

Two Hoosier Excursions

Published on September 14, 2011

Enduring the Test of Time:

A Milestone Anniversary
For the Authorized Version

Published on May 1, 2011

Wandering through London in October:

A Tale of Two Jeremys
(and one stolen head)

Published on November 16, 2010

Santa Fe and Points North:

'Thick and Enchanted'

Published on September 24, 2010

How Two Well-Intentioned Archaeologists
Mangled The Origins of History.

Maya Fantasies.

Published on September 8, 2010

Mysteries Set in History No. 4:

Dietrich's Ethan Gage.

Published on August 17, 2010

To Venice Again and Home:

The Doge's Palace before I Go.

Published on July 4, 2010

Of Donkeys, Volcanoes, a Bejeweled Cat,
and Ancient Atlantis:

On the Islands We Find Intimations of Plato and Homer.

Published on June 14, 2010

Where Artemis Once Walked:

From the Adriatic to the Aegean, We Arrive at Ancient Ephesus.

Published on May 22, 2010

Solo in the Veneto:

Venice

Published on May 18, 2010

Al and Ron's Mockingbird Adventure:

BBC Comes to Alabama
To Meet Atticus Finch.

Published on May 8, 2010

A Pilgrimage to the Place
of the Sleeping Prophet:

At Hopkinsville, Edgar Cayce
Is the Most Famous Native Son.

Published on March 11, 2010

The Journey of a Mystical Treasure Leads to
a Lost Realm of Mystery and Speculation.

Ark of the Covenant

Published on February 22, 2010

Mysteries Set in History No. 3:

Ancient Rome

Published on December 18, 2009

When Fun and Fallacy Meet at the Poles:

At the Cinema with 2 0 1 2

Published on November 19, 2009

Bury that Theory Beneath a Sea of Dunes.

Atlantis in the Sahara?!

Published on October 14, 2009

The Bluebird Of History (And Pseudohistory)
May Be In Your Own Backyard:

Newark Holy Stones
and Mounds.

Published on September 24, 2009

End Game at Malta:

The Greatest Siege.

Published on July 14, 2009

The Colossus, Castles, Pyramids,
and the Sphinx:

From Rhodes to Gizeh.

Published on May 19, 2009

of Palermo, Pickpockets, a Porthole,
and the Parthenon:

O, the Humanity!

Published on May 15, 2009

To Barcelona, Montserrat and Beyond:

Let the Cruise Begin.

Published on May 11, 2009

Atlantis, Lost Tribes, Christian Identity,
Satan's Spawn, White Devils, Catastrophism,
Sea Kings, Ancient Astronauts, Black Athena:

Into the Wilds of History.

Published on May 4, 2009

Brew, Song, and Cheese
in the Free Land of the Joneses:

Journey to Wales

Published on February 20, 2009

Sano Ichiro in the Age of Tokugawa:

Mysteries Set in History No. 2

Published on January 23, 2009

Disney, Aztecs, Longhorns, and Reds:

Ay Chihuahua and GTT

Published on October 17, 2008

The Transmigration of an Evil Soul:

Of X-Files and Empedocles

Published on October 9, 2008

On The Road Scholar’s Road Again:

Horseshoe Bend,
Valley, and a Reunion

Published on September 2, 2008

Rambling 'tween the Itchen and the Scratchen:

From Vigo Bay to Home We Go.

Published on July 3, 2008

The Wandering Bones of Columbus:

An Age of Discovery Pilgrimage.

Published on June 27, 2008

Four in a Row:

Cannes, Florence,
Rome, and Sardinia.

Published on June 23, 2008

Of Mountains, Monkeys, and Men:

Gibraltar

Published on June 21, 2008

Britannia Rules the Waves?

The Forgotten D-Day of 1545

Published on June 17, 2008

Toward the Western Mediterranean:

Cruising for Enlightenment.

Published on June 10, 2008

From Novel to Movie to Bad History:

Another Boleyn Girl?

Published on April 4, 2008

Wooly Mammoth Stampedes,
Grateful Sabretooth Cats,
Pyramid Building, and Slave Revolts:
Now that's Entertainment! Or, Perhaps Not.

10,000 B.C.

Published on March 12, 2008

Of Lions, Avengers,
and the Spirit of Amy Cooper:

Peril in the Study.

Published on February 25, 2008

Of Madoc and Monitors:

A Trip to Mobile Bay.

Published on February 5, 2008

Goodbye to Two Old Friends:

George MacDonald Fraser
and Sir Harry Paget Flashman

Published on January 16, 2008

Of Old and New Conferences:

Of Old and New Friends.

Published on December 31, 2007

Edgar Rice Burroughs on War and Race:

The Case of Beyond Thirty.

Published on November 5, 2007

History Goes to the Movies:

Elizabeth: The Glitzy Outrage.

Published on October 15, 2007

The Day Islam Almost Died:

The Road to Ayn Jalut.

Published on September 24, 2007

Reader's Advisory:

Mysteries Set in History, No. 1

Published on September 3, 2007

Ibn Khaldûn's Words Ring True 600 Years Later.

History Is Good for You!

Published on August 20, 2007