diff --git a/static/app-strings.json b/static/app-strings.json
index 67e0ef012..87ed5d91e 100644
--- a/static/app-strings.json
+++ b/static/app-strings.json
@@ -915,12 +915,7 @@
   "Support %amount% LBC": "Support %amount% LBC",
   "You deposited %amount% LBC as a support!": "You deposited %amount% LBC as a support!",
   "LBRY Link": "LBRY Link",
-  "Publish to %uri%": "Publish to %uri%",
   "Your wallet": "Your wallet",
   "Publish a file, or create a channel": "Publish a file, or create a channel",
-  "Your account": "Your account",
-  "Channel profile picture": "Channel profile picture",
-  "refreshing the app": "refreshing the app",
-  "Follower": "Follower",
-  "%repost_channel_link% reposted": "%repost_channel_link% reposted"
+  "Your account": "Your account"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/component/header/view.jsx b/ui/component/header/view.jsx
index 343167754..ecba00685 100644
--- a/ui/component/header/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/header/view.jsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import WunderBar from 'component/wunderbar';
 import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
 import { Menu, MenuList, MenuButton, MenuItem } from '@reach/menu-button';
 import Tooltip from 'component/common/tooltip';
+import NavigationButton from 'component/navigationButton';
 // @if TARGET='app'
 import { IS_MAC } from 'component/app/view';
 // @endif
@@ -18,7 +19,15 @@ import { IS_MAC } from 'component/app/view';
 type Props = {
   balance: string,
   roundedBalance: number,
-  history: { push: string => void, goBack: () => void, goForward: () => void, location: { pathname: string } },
+  history: {
+    entities: {}[],
+    goBack: () => void,
+    goForward: () => void,
+    index: number,
+    length: number,
+    location: { pathname: string },
+    push: string => void,
+  },
   currentTheme: string,
   automaticDarkModeEnabled: boolean,
   setClientSetting: (string, boolean | string) => void,
@@ -105,21 +114,8 @@ const Header = (props: Props) => {
           {/* @if TARGET='app' */}
           {!authHeader && (
             <div className="header__navigation-arrows">
-              <Button
-                className="header__navigation-item header__navigation-item--back"
-                description={__('Navigate back')}
-                onClick={() => history.goBack()}
-                icon={ICONS.ARROW_LEFT}
-                iconSize={18}
-              />
-
-              <Button
-                className="header__navigation-item header__navigation-item--forward"
-                description={__('Navigate forward')}
-                onClick={() => history.goForward()}
-                icon={ICONS.ARROW_RIGHT}
-                iconSize={18}
-              />
+              <NavigationButton isBackward history={history} />
+              <NavigationButton isBackward={false} history={history} />
             </div>
           )}
           {/* @endif */}
diff --git a/ui/component/navigationButton/index.js b/ui/component/navigationButton/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81cb43a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/component/navigationButton/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import NavigationButton from './view';
+
+export default NavigationButton;
diff --git a/ui/component/navigationButton/view.jsx b/ui/component/navigationButton/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72c9cb017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/component/navigationButton/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// @flow
+import React, { useState, useCallback } from 'react';
+import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+
+// the maximum length of history to show per button
+const MAX_HISTORY_SIZE = 12;
+
+type Props = {
+  isBackward: boolean,
+  history: {
+    entries: Array<{ key: string, title: string, pathname: string }>,
+    go: number => void,
+    goBack: () => void,
+    goForward: () => void,
+    index: number,
+    length: number,
+    location: { pathname: string },
+    push: string => void,
+  },
+};
+
+// determines which slice of entries should make up the back or forward button drop-downs (isBackward vs !isBackward respectively)
+const sliceEntries = (currentIndex, entries, historyLength, isBackward, maxSize) => {
+  let l = isBackward ? 0 : currentIndex + 1;
+  let r = isBackward ? currentIndex : historyLength;
+  const exceedsMax = maxSize < r - l;
+  if (!exceedsMax) {
+    return entries.slice(l, r);
+  } else if (isBackward) {
+    l = r - maxSize;
+  } else {
+    r = l + maxSize;
+  }
+  return entries.slice(l, r);
+};
+
+const NavigationButton = (props: Props) => {
+  const { isBackward, history } = props;
+  const { entries, go } = history;
+  const currentIndex = history.index;
+  const historyLength = history.length;
+  const [showHistory, setShowHistory] = useState(false);
+
+  // creates an <li> intended for the button's <ul>
+  const makeItem = useCallback(
+    (entry: { pathname: string, title: string, key: string }, index: number) => {
+      // difference between the current index and the index of the entry
+      const backwardDif = index - (currentIndex < MAX_HISTORY_SIZE ? currentIndex : MAX_HISTORY_SIZE);
+      const forwardDif = index + 1;
+      return (
+        <li
+          className="header__navigation-button"
+          role="link"
+          key={entry.key}
+          onMouseDown={() => {
+            setShowHistory(false);
+            go(isBackward ? backwardDif : forwardDif);
+          }}
+        >
+          <span>{entry.title}</span>
+          <span className="header__navigation-button-help">{entry.pathname === '/' ? __('Home') : entry.pathname}</span>
+        </li>
+      );
+    },
+    [currentIndex, isBackward, go]
+  );
+  const slicedEntries = sliceEntries(currentIndex, entries, historyLength, isBackward, MAX_HISTORY_SIZE);
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <Button
+        className={`header__navigation-item header__navigation-item--${isBackward ? 'back' : 'forward'}`}
+        description={isBackward ? __('Navigate back') : __('Navigate forward')}
+        onBlur={() => setShowHistory(false)}
+        onClick={() => (isBackward ? history.goBack() : history.goForward())}
+        onContextMenu={e => {
+          setShowHistory(!showHistory);
+          // the following three lines prevent the regular context menu (right click menu) from appearing
+          e.preventDefault();
+          e.stopPropagation();
+          return false;
+        }}
+        icon={isBackward ? ICONS.ARROW_LEFT : ICONS.ARROW_RIGHT}
+        iconSize={18}
+        disabled={slicedEntries.length === 0}
+      />
+      {showHistory && <ul className={'header__navigation-dropdown'}>{slicedEntries.map(makeItem)}</ul>}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+export default NavigationButton;
diff --git a/ui/component/router/index.js b/ui/component/router/index.js
index 1d021ff84..d9107de3d 100644
--- a/ui/component/router/index.js
+++ b/ui/component/router/index.js
@@ -2,10 +2,31 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { selectUserVerifiedEmail } from 'lbryinc';
 import { selectScrollStartingPosition } from 'redux/selectors/app';
 import Router from './view';
+import { normalizeURI, makeSelectTitleForUri } from 'lbry-redux';
 
-const select = state => ({
-  currentScroll: selectScrollStartingPosition(state),
-  isAuthenticated: selectUserVerifiedEmail(state),
-});
+const select = state => {
+  const { pathname, hash } = state.router.location;
+  const urlPath = pathname + hash;
+  // Remove the leading "/" added by the browser
+  const path = urlPath.slice(1).replace(/:/g, '#');
+
+  let uri;
+  try {
+    uri = normalizeURI(path);
+  } catch (e) {
+    const match = path.match(/[#/:]/);
+
+    if (!path.startsWith('$/') && match && match.index) {
+      uri = `lbry://${path.slice(0, match.index)}`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    uri,
+    title: makeSelectTitleForUri(uri)(state),
+    currentScroll: selectScrollStartingPosition(state),
+    isAuthenticated: selectUserVerifiedEmail(state),
+  };
+};
 
 export default connect(select)(Router);
diff --git a/ui/component/router/view.jsx b/ui/component/router/view.jsx
index 117722c90..fef7d1c17 100644
--- a/ui/component/router/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/router/view.jsx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import SignInPage from 'page/signIn';
 import SignInVerifyPage from 'page/signInVerify';
 import ChannelsPage from 'page/channels';
 import EmbedWrapperPage from 'page/embedWrapper';
+import { parseURI } from 'lbry-redux';
+import { SITE_TITLE } from 'config';
 
 // Tell the browser we are handling scroll restoration
 if ('scrollRestoration' in history) {
@@ -61,6 +63,19 @@ type Props = {
   currentScroll: number,
   location: { pathname: string, search: string },
   isAuthenticated: boolean,
+  history: {
+    entries: { title: string }[],
+    goBack: () => void,
+    goForward: () => void,
+    index: number,
+    length: number,
+    location: { pathname: string },
+    push: string => void,
+    state: {},
+    replaceState: ({}, string, string) => void,
+  },
+  uri: string,
+  title: string,
 };
 
 function AppRouter(props: Props) {
@@ -68,7 +83,37 @@ function AppRouter(props: Props) {
     currentScroll,
     location: { pathname },
     isAuthenticated,
+    history,
+    uri,
+    title,
   } = props;
+  const { entries } = history;
+  const entryIndex = history.index;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (uri) {
+      const { channelName, streamName } = parseURI(uri);
+
+      if (typeof title !== 'undefined' && title !== '') {
+        document.title = title;
+      } else if (streamName) {
+        document.title = streamName;
+      } else if (channelName) {
+        document.title = channelName;
+      } else {
+        document.title = IS_WEB ? SITE_TITLE : 'LBRY';
+      }
+    } else {
+      document.title = IS_WEB ? SITE_TITLE : 'LBRY';
+    }
+
+    // @if TARGET='app'
+    entries[entryIndex].title = document.title;
+    // @endif
+    return () => {
+      document.title = IS_WEB ? SITE_TITLE : 'LBRY';
+    };
+  }, [entries, entryIndex, title, uri]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     window.scrollTo(0, currentScroll);
diff --git a/ui/page/show/view.jsx b/ui/page/show/view.jsx
index 0bbdd1384..f01ff5592 100644
--- a/ui/page/show/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/page/show/view.jsx
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 // @flow
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { parseURI } from 'lbry-redux';
 import BusyIndicator from 'component/common/busy-indicator';
 import ChannelPage from 'page/channel';
 import FilePage from 'page/file';
 import Page from 'component/page';
 import Button from 'component/button';
-import { SITE_TITLE } from 'config';
 import Card from 'component/common/card';
 
 type Props = {
@@ -24,8 +22,7 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 function ShowPage(props: Props) {
-  const { isResolvingUri, resolveUri, uri, claim, blackListedOutpoints, location, title, claimIsMine } = props;
-  const { channelName, streamName } = parseURI(uri);
+  const { isResolvingUri, resolveUri, uri, claim, blackListedOutpoints, location, claimIsMine } = props;
   const signingChannel = claim && claim.signing_channel;
   const canonicalUrl = claim && claim.canonical_url;
   const claimExists = claim !== null && claim !== undefined;
@@ -46,22 +43,6 @@ function ShowPage(props: Props) {
     }
   }, [resolveUri, isResolvingUri, canonicalUrl, uri, claimExists, haventFetchedYet]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (title) {
-      document.title = title;
-    } else if (streamName) {
-      document.title = streamName;
-    } else if (channelName) {
-      document.title = channelName;
-    } else {
-      document.title = IS_WEB ? SITE_TITLE : 'LBRY';
-    }
-
-    return () => {
-      document.title = IS_WEB ? SITE_TITLE : 'LBRY';
-    };
-  }, [title, channelName, streamName]);
-
   let innerContent = '';
 
   if (!claim || (claim && !claim.name)) {
diff --git a/ui/scss/component/_header.scss b/ui/scss/component/_header.scss
index 93822000a..ecc7e36b4 100644
--- a/ui/scss/component/_header.scss
+++ b/ui/scss/component/_header.scss
@@ -147,3 +147,29 @@
 .header__navigation-item--balance {
   margin: 0 var(--spacing-medium);
 }
+
+.header__navigation-dropdown {
+  @extend .menu__list--header;
+  padding: 0;
+  position: absolute;
+  list-style-type: none;
+  background-color: var(--color-header-background);
+}
+
+.header__navigation-button {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: var(--spacing-miniscule) var(--spacing-medium);
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+
+  &:hover {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    background-color: var(--color-menu-background--active);
+  }
+}
+
+.header__navigation-button-help {
+  @extend .help;
+  margin-top: 0;
+  margin-left: var(--spacing-small);
+}
diff --git a/ui/scss/component/menu-button.scss b/ui/scss/component/menu-button.scss
index c1f3896bb..ed03adcc1 100644
--- a/ui/scss/component/menu-button.scss
+++ b/ui/scss/component/menu-button.scss
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
   margin-left: calc(var(--spacing-medium) * -1);
   box-shadow: var(--card-box-shadow);
   animation: menu-animate-in var(--animation-duration) var(--animation-style);
+  border-bottom-left-radius: var(--border-radius);
+  border-bottom-right-radius: var(--border-radius);
 }
 
 .menu__link {
diff --git a/ui/store.js b/ui/store.js
index 25967f822..af642c6cc 100644
--- a/ui/store.js
+++ b/ui/store.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { createFilter, createBlacklistFilter } from 'redux-persist-transform-fil
 import localForage from 'localforage';
 import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux';
 import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
-import { createHashHistory, createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
+import { createMemoryHistory, createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
 import { routerMiddleware } from 'connected-react-router';
 import createRootReducer from './reducers';
 import { buildSharedStateMiddleware, ACTIONS as LBRY_REDUX_ACTIONS } from 'lbry-redux';
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const persistOptions = {
 
 let history;
 // @if TARGET='app'
-history = createHashHistory();
+history = createMemoryHistory();
 // @endif
 // @if TARGET='web'
 history = createBrowserHistory();