The intellectual great and author W.E.B. Du Bois was a prominent Black American figure during the early 19th century and was a co-founder of the NAACP.
According to Christmas carols and Nativity scenes, when baby Jesus was born, Three Kings were led by a bright star to find his location and pay him homage.
The year 1898 marked the beginning of a campaign by three American fruit companies to secure land in Central and South America, in countries already weak.
The popular concept of Hell as being a place where sinners are separated from God to suffer for eternity is sometimes depicted as a massive torture chamber.
The Hudson River was integral to New York City's meteoric rise but the famous body of water also has a darker side, as dozens of bodies are recovered each year.
A serial killer who murdered because he believed he could prevent earthquakes? Yep, Herbert Mullin was unique. So how was he able to get away with 13 murders?
The website Christianity.com reports that the most fundamental issue in pinning down exactly what God looks like is this: God does not have a specific form.
Lord Byron: prolific, brilliant Romantic poet or narcissistic, probable sex addict? As the saying goes (a sentiment his wife possibly shared), why not both?
What could cause hundreds of people in a village in the South of France to suffer from an illness that caused violent hallucinations and led to four deaths?
The Bible is not one book, but rather a library, representing history, poetry, law, and more. There are 66 books in the Protestant Bible and 73 in the Catholic.
Legend says there is a rat for every New Yorker — more than 8 million! While that's likely not true, the city is taking steps to fight the ever-present threat.
There's no way to tell what the future holds, but that hasn't stopped people from trying. Here are the weirdest ways people have tried to tell the future.
Paris' famous Eiffel Tower, an ostentatious and stunning sight that no visitor can ever resist photographing, wasn't under construction very long at all.
Historic photos of the Kashmir giants were taken in India during the Durbar festival in Delhi in 1903. Here's how tall the giants of Kashmir really were.