Purchased for just $50 at a Minnesota garage sale in 2016, "Elimar" may actually be a long-lost Vincent van Gogh masterpiece ...

Metal detectorist Constantin Fried found a miniature lock dating to the Roman era while exploring a field near ...

For nearly a century, the beloved children’s book series Winnie-the-Pooh has charmed readers worldwide. Now, a trove of previously unseen drafts and sketches has turned up in an attic in Malvern, ...

The 1904 Olympics were the first to take place in the United States, and they established the tradition of awarding gold, ...

Lady Godiva is best known for a legendary act of bravery and charity that has captivated imaginations for centuries. An 11th-century noblewoman from Coventry, England, Lady Godiva was married to ...

Centuries-old secret passageways detailed in Leonardo da Vinci's sketches were just found under Milan's Sforza Castle.

Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s story is forever tied with one of Hollywood’s earliest scandals: the sudden demise of Virginia Rappe. Arbuckle had risen to fame in the early 1900s, eventually becoming one ...

The phrase “going postal,” which means to become uncontrollably angry, appeared as a slang term in American English in the 1990s. It emerged after a spate of shootings at post offices carried out by ...

The furry creature doesn’t look quite camera-ready. Its snout is raised as if it’s sniffing the air, and its eyes are glazed and bright. It’s no wonder why the tiny California mammal appears so ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole has been shifting gradually for centuries due to the movement of molten metals in the planet’s outer core. In the 1990s, magnetic north began to experience an unprecedented ...

In previous research, scientists discovered that victims of Mount Vesuvius who died in the city of Herculaneum near the volcano had died a grisly death: The extreme heat from the explosion caused ...