Keep out! 30 places your grandparents visited that you no longer can
Was Amelia Earhart’s plane found off the coast of Papua New Guinea?
17 souls Winston Churchill crushed with the perfect comeback
February 21, 1998: Tara Lipinski earns Olympic gold
February 20, 1967: Kurt Cobain is born
February 19, 1847: Rescuers reach the Donner Party
February 18, 1970: The Chicago Seven are acquitted
February 17, 2008: Kosovo declares independence from Serbia
February 16, 1923: Howard Carter opens King Tut’s tomb
Shays’ Rebellion: Distress in post-revolutionary America
Investigation confirms thrift store find as an authentic piece of American history
Desmond Doss: Conscientious objector and decorated army medic
What is Federalism and how does it affect a government’s set-up?
Meet Ray Kroc, the man who founded McDonald’s
January 31, 1874: Jesse James and the gang rob a Missouri train
Inside the competitive and tumultuous relationship between Jackie O and her sister, Lee Radziwill
The craziest details of the Dannemora Prison escape
Phoenician DNA reveals the true fate of the Biblical Canaanites
Andrew Jackson’s real legacy is a giant block of cheese
The insanely ancient history of Checkers
Shining a light on the Dark Ages of medieval Europe
This lost city was the Vegas of Ancient Rome
When Bjorn Ironside accidentally invaded the wrong city
Found brooch tells a story of Nazi hatred, ancient history and the viking influence on the world
The world’s oldest use of the word ‘Jerusalem’ now on display
George Washington Carver: More than just ‘the peanut guy’
Meet the woman who worked for free to win the Nobel Prize in Physics
The world’s first submarine was a total garbage fire of a creation, and yes, of course they still used it
How gambling, drinking, and laziness led to the creation of the sandwich
According to this newspaper from 106 years ago, humans prefer to just ignore impending doom
From rites of passage to hipsters: The evolution of tattoos
During the space race, the Soviet Union ruled Venus
You asked, we’ll answer: Marie Curie named most influential woman of all time
The legend of the Wendigo
How Freddy Mercury became a queer icon and hero to the LGBT+ community
Everything you really need to know about the Renaissance
Last WWII prisoner of war found hidden away and forgotten in Russian mental institution
John Wayne’s ‘The Alamo’ was plagued with problems, including murder
Check out the recipes of a Japanese 17th-Century ‘Barbarian’ cookbook
Katanas: As amazing as the legends tell?
What was the Magna Carta and why is it still important today?
30 things you didn’t know about Ronald Reagan
Titanic wreckage was actually discovered during secret Cold War Navy mission
The disappearances of the lighthouse keepers on Eilean Mor
23 things you didn’t know about ancient Rome
Natalie Wood’s case was reopened 20 years after her death when a witness changed their story
Think you know your military terms? Put your knowledge to the test
How Mother Jones became a hellraiser for social justice
Benedict Arnold: The story of America’s most notorious traitor
The horrifying truth about the life and death of Pocahontas
Elizabeth Bathory: The queen who bathed in virgin blood
The story of Helen Keller’s amazing triumph over adversity
Enter the dominion of “The Beast”: The mysterious allure of Aleister Crowley
Marquis de Lafayette: The French hero of the American Revolution
St. Patrick’s Day history and tradition
10 bands that turned down Woodstock ’69
Elizabeth of York: The real Sansa Stark from Game of Thrones
Pablo Escobar’s wife Maria Henao hasn’t had it easy since his death
Historical events that were actually photographed
Weird ways animals have served in military through history
Princess Diana was no ordinary princess
Rare photos of the circus’s strange and amazing acts
Famous UK folk singer who had gone missing resurfaces 30 years later
Incredible photos of the last Mongolian eagle hunters
Bessie Coleman: America’s first black female pilot
John Hancock: The man who financed the American Revolution
How lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis pioneered early female badassery
10 declassified operations the government kept secret for years
World War II veteran returns to Germany to solve a mystery that’s been haunting him for 70 years
Where are they now? People in the news we forgot all about
Unfortunate ‘booted man’ discovered encased in mud in London
20 Americans who lived our dream and married royalty
Declassified documents reveal the truth about the FBI’s contribution to Ernest Hemingway’s demise
Powerful photos of women entering the workforce
Sorry everyone, but the “similarities” between Kennedy and Lincoln aren’t that incredible at all
The 16th century shieldgun was an intimidating piece of garbage