By far Gustave Eiffel’s most well-known work, the Eiffel Tower was designed for the 1889 World’s Fair to celebrate the 100th ...

On August 6 and 9, 1945, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing 210,000 people and helping to bring an end to World War 2.

New evidence regarding the Shroud of Turin suggests that it could not have been placed atop a human body, but only a statue instead.

Known as nijū hibakusha, or "double survivor," Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Alfonso de Portago was the son of a Spanish nobleman who died in a Ferrari crash during Italy's Mille Miglia race on May 12, 1957 at age 28.

In 1954, archaeologists working in southern Italy uncovered a number of bronze jars left at an ancient Greek shrine. The jars were filled with a sticky orange substance, though researchers were ...

Conspiracy theorists claim that the Tartarian Empire, also known as Tartaria and Tartary, was an advanced ancient civilization in Central Asia that was deliberately erased.

Between 1865 and 1900, tens of thousands of settlers moved to Montana to become gold and copper miners, cattle ranchers, and brothel owners — leading to conflict with the Native Americans who already ...

From the late-night cafes of Greenwich Village to jazz concerts at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, 1950s New York City was a thrilling place to be.

Archaeologists in Mohovo, Croatia, have unearthed the remains of a 1,800-year-old Roman watchtower that played a role in the Marcomannic Wars.

In August 1961, Hans Conrad Schumann leapt over the Berlin Wall — and his escape into West Germany was captured by a nearby photographer.

Matthew Broderick's car accident in August 1987 left two women in Northern Ireland dead, though he faced minimal criminal charges.