I have really enjoyed febreze's historical posts about some of the native ships and men of Great Britian.  In fact, I was SO inspired that I decided to do something similar about some of the interesting historical information about the U.S.,
I have set up a special account for it at mybloggers.com/timetraveler. My first post is entitled "Old Ironsides."
I hope you check it out and like it. I will try to present some information in each post that might not be common knowledge.