Cold War

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, we share ingenious escape attempts—including one with a chicken coop.

Our usually polite northern neighbor has put on its war paint.

With the latest Malaysian airlines disaster looking like a takedown by military forces, we remember the tragic history of these incidences.

UFOs, a spy agency and the Cold War—this one’s got all the tantalizing trappings of the 1950s you could want.

Mass housing projects in the 1950s provided Soviet citizens with their very own kitchens—and free speech enjoyed a domestic Renaissance.