Once described as a place "of the Dark ages," Wyoming State Penitentiary was improved in 1911, providing reform programs and the formation of a baseball team.
In the late 19th century, while Jack the Ripper was terrorizing London, the Mexican Ripper was on an almost identical killing spree over 5,000 miles away.
On the night of November 14, 1948, Prince Charles was born to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. It was not an easy birth for the future queen, though.
Robert Hanssen, a church-going family man and FBI agent for 25 years, was actually working as a Soviet spy for well over 20 years. Here's his crazy story.
Mad monarchs, military megalomaniacs, dictators: Some might have been bad at their job, but others will be remembered as among the most ruthless people ever.
While he played well in all the sports, Jackie Robinson might have had an equally successful track career if the opportunity had turned out differently.
As it turns out, the UK is full of stone monuments, equally strange and ancient as Stonehenge. One of these arrangements is known as the Callanish Stones.
Leeches were highly sought-after, and when traditional suppliers failed to meet demand, enterprising individuals began harvesting the critters for medicine.
It was incredibly difficult to escape the Tower of London, but some people did succeed. These are the craziest ways prisoners escaped the Tower of London.
One game played by pre-Columbian natives not only survived, but is still played to this day, although it underwent some revisions to reach its modern form.
In the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, the inhabitants believe the late Prince Philip is a "descendant of a powerful spirit that lives on their mountains."
The War of 1812 pitted the United States against Great Britain, marking the first military conflict between the two nations since the Revolutionary War.
Bind. Torture. Kill. That was the goal of Dennis Rader, who gave himself the nickname "BTK" — but he claims his motivation came from something called Factor X.
Since she has spent most of her life meeting with various foreign heads of state and dignitaries, you'd think Queen Elizabeth would know several languages.
There's no doubt that drug trafficking is a profitable business. In the U.S. alone, people spend over $150 billion a year in drugs — so who does it all go to?
How did Greenland, so close to North America and populated primarily by Inuit, end up under Danish rule? Here's the real reason Denmark owns Greenland.
The murder spree of the Bay Area's self-dubbed Zodiac Killer is one of the most notorious in American history - but what was the killer's true death toll?
The history of Ireland goes back far further than many of us realize, as one unassuming site older than the Egyptian pyramids just north of Dublin testifies.
Beyond the famous beer, generations of the Anheuser-Busch families have endured personal troubles. Read on for the tragic history of the Anheuser-Busch dynasty.