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Finals weekend in tennis at the Australian Open; Mikaela Shiffrin continues her history-making run; and four NFL teams play tomorrow for a spot in the Super Bowl.

In a week "unlike any other" featuring "the most important election of our lives," let us remember there will be events that are legitimately extraordinary. Actual records will in fact be broken.

Halloween is now a multi-billion dollar industry. The holiday traces its roots back about 2,000 years to the Irish countryside and a spiritual celebration known as Samhain.

2: Journalist DAVID REMNICK talks with Terry about the impact of History on today's Russia. REMNICK was in Moscow recently and wrote the article, "Yeltsin's Tightrope," for The New Yorker. (May 10, 1993 issue). REMNICK also covered the Soviet Union for The Washington Post from 1988-1990.

This is part of an ongoing move by the federal government to remove and alter National Park Service webpages related to LGBTQ history.

"Dwell time" is the amount of time visitors spend wandering through a museum. In most museums, that's around two hours. But in the newest Smithsonian, some visitors are there for as long as six.

A miniature masterpiece carved on an ancient seal stone is changing ideas about art history. Jack Davis helped discover the Pylos Combat Agate in Greece and tells Scott Simon why it's so important.

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opens in Montgomery, Ala., this week and is devoted to the victims of lynching. It reflects on the nation's history of racial terror, from slavery to the more than 4,000 African-Americans lynched between 1877 and 1950.

Protests in Los Angeles have prompted the city to revisit its history of racial tensions resulting in police violence. Three men in LA share their thoughts on what needs to change about policing.

On Sunday, this Italian city — birthplace of the Margherita pizza — will try to swipe Milan's record for the world's longest pie.