We all remember the days of focussing the sun on a hapless insect, or perhaps less sadistically on a green plastic army man or just a hunk of dry wood. The wonder that accompanied that intense ...

A Poor Man's Fight" explores the internal struggles of Union private Henry Fleming during the Civil War, as he grapples with ...

The result of his labor is the single room poor man’s A/C unit you see above. He had a spare Peltier cooler sitting around, so he put it to good use as the basis for his air conditioning unit.

Enter: poor man's cookies. I found this recipe while searching for dairy-free and egg-free recipes. Like "Depression cake," this cookie recipe was developed in the '30s when the average family had ...