Sometimes a site's popularity can be a good thing -- a boost to the local economy, for instance. Other times, popularity results in diminishing a site's appeal.
World War II affected much of life on Earth, some in unexpected ways, including the Russian reindeer who lived on a British submarine for six weeks. True story.
It's the stuff dreams are made of: Two teenagers, digging a hole in an abandoned house during the Great Depression, find something much better than dirt.
Many diverse religious traditions include special holidays or feasts, commemorations of important spiritual events or moments, observed through the ages.
There have been numerous financial market bubbles that eventually burst, resulting in widespread economic misfortune. Should that list include tulip mania?
Climate change is impacting Europe, which is facing droughts in its waterways. As a result, the Danube River recently revealed rather unsettling Nazi finds.
Sometimes a slice of wedding cake ends up in a couple's freezer, to be thawed on an anniversary or two. That's one preserved memory involving baked goods.
All places in America are facing a crisis of monumental proportions regarding drug overdose deaths. However, California's statics are worse than you may think.
Mass shootings in Texas have spiked at three different points since 2018, with Texas seeing its latest increase in incidents in the spring and summer of 2022.
In the Naming Commission's new report on "Confederate assets" at military bases, it included a bronze triptych at West Point, which has been there since 1965.
People who engage in extreme physical challenges -- polar travel, for instance -- often have to make difficult choices in order to survive the experience.
There was a time when the name Beau Brummell not only stood for fashion sense, but connection to society's movers and shakers, like the Prince of Wales.
A watch that belonged to Adolf Hitler recently sold at auction for a high price. Here is more about the watch itself and the French soldier that looted it.
Just as the Sphinx in Egypt is missing its nose, other structures have descended to present times missing significant portions of their original construction.
Legendary actor Kirk Douglas had some choice last words before his death. Instead of imparting profound wisdom, he voiced support for a presidential candidate.
Looking at the state of politics, it's hard not to think that human beings have made a mess and wonder if another species of animal could do a better job.
Depending on how you define miracle, supernatural occurrences are either plentiful (if you know how to look for them) or extremely rare, even nonexistent.
The United States of America officially divorced itself from royalty in 1776, when the Declaration of Independence told King George III to take a hike.
Back in 2004, construction workers in Norwich, England discovered 17 bodies at the bottom of an 800-year-old well. Here is what we know so far about them.
Most recognize 1950 as the year the U.S. invaded Korea to begin the Korean War. Actually, U.S. forces forged an attack on the country nearly a century prior.