A pirate's costume is not complete without an eye patch and gold hoop earring, but it turns out that the earring is more than just a fashion statement.
The Panoptikum is a one-mile-long series of corridors and prison chambers, part of a six-mile-long labyrinth that comprises one of the oldest parts of Budapest.
If you thought pirates from centuries past were just a bunch of rum-swilling, sword-swinging looters and thieves, you may be underestimating their civility.
In 1883, rising politician Teddy Roosevelt swapped suits for spurs and took to the United States Badlands to seek freedom, heal from grief, and become a cowboy.
While not as common as their male counterparts, female gladiators made an impression on Romans. Here's the truth about female gladiators in ancient Rome.
Through the 1900s, the Rockefellers were at the top of the list of America's richest families, with notable politicians and businessmen among their ranks.
The vicious assassination of the all-powerful consul of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar, occurred on March 15, 44 BC -- the now infamous Ides of March.
In February of 1911, one of the last clashes between Native Americans and United States forces -- "the Last Massacre" -- occurred in Humboldt County, Nevada.
Keelhauling combines the best parts of waterboarding, rusted razor shaving, and literal salt in wounds that will leave you wishing you'd walked the plank.
Indeed, so famous was John Kennedy for not wearing hats that something of an urban legend has sprung up that he single-handedly killed the hat industry.
July 20, 1969, the day Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, will be in the history books forever. Here's what it was really like to watch the Moon landing in 1969.
His mother lectured them about the evil of drink (using their father as an example), the world's immorality, that all women were prostitutes/the devil's agents.