The story behind 1950s garages is bigger than anyone remembers — literally.

The 1950s were a defining decade in American history, marked by postwar optimism, booming suburbs, and a confidence that shaped everything from architecture to advertising. Families were growing, new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks to the postwar Baby Boom and other factors, families in the '50s began moving to the suburbs. Levittown in Long Island, New ...

As part of their ongoing assault on monogamous marriage, the Democratic Party and their media allies constantly try to undercut the primacy of the nuclear family as the fundamental building block of ...

The Interstate Highway System transformed American life by reshaping travel, expanding suburbs and accelerating the growth of car culture. This new mobility redefined the open road as a powerful ...

In the mythological version of the 1950s that lives on in the popular imagination, everything was bright and clean, and everyone was charmingly naive. In the real 1950s, American life was quite a bit ...

The railroad station once was in institution an American life, in small towns and big cities alike. This human-interest tale is interwoven with history as the program explores how people interacted ...

As World War II came to an end, families looked for ways to start over. Emboldened by the GI Bill's provisions for home loans, they moved out of the cities in droves for newly developed suburban ...