Purchased for just $50 at a Minnesota garage sale in 2016, "Elimar" may actually be a long-lost Vincent van Gogh masterpiece painted in 1889.

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

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 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

As soon as he realized that the Titanic had struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV sprung into action. He roused his pregnant wife, told her to put on her warmest ...

The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most sacred relics of Jewish and Christian tradition. The chest is said to hold the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were originally inscribed, and ...

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

The octagonal-shaped tomb depicts tales with some very grim details, indicating that life definitely wasn't easy at the time.