Workers unload bananas in New Orleans. Bananas Foster, one of New Orleans' favorite desserts, is a lasting legacy of an oft-forgotten chapter in the city's history: the banana trade, which spawned banana republics. Arnold Genthe/Library of Congress hide caption
Toasting with Champagne is not just for holidays and formal occasions. Viktoria Rodriguez/EyeEm/ Getty Images hide caption
Rolf Lassgård, left, stars as a grouchy widower in A Man Called Ove, which opens Friday in U.S. theaters. Music Box Films hide caption
Carli Lloyd takes a corner kick during a 2010 international friendly match between the U.S. and Mexico in Sandy, Utah. Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images hide caption
Curious George — who was originally named Fifi — turns 75 this year. Despite some dated themes (we're looking at you, Man with the Yellow Hat) George is now a multimillion-dollar franchise. Margaret Rey says she and her husband had no idea what Curious George would become. "We loved monkeys and just wrote a book about a monkey," she said. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hide caption
'Eyes On The Street' Details Jane Jacobs' Efforts To Put Cities First
Herschell Gordon Lewis, known as the Godfather of Gore, directed the 1963 film, Blood Feast. Friedman-Lewis/The Kobal Collection hide caption
'Kingdom' Examines Afghanistan Through The Prism Of The Karzai Family
'Hidden Figures': How Black Women Did The Math That Put Men On The Moon
'Working' Then And Now
Before 'Humans Of New York,' Terkel Showed Dignity In Everyday People In 'Working'
Before 'Humans Of New York,' Terkel Showed Dignity In Everyday People In 'Working'
Studs Terkel talks on his Chicago radio show in the late 1970s. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption
'Working' Then And Now: Studs Terkel's Book Interviews Resurface As Audio
