The wreck of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese treasure ship seized by pirates in 1721, has been identified near ...

Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

A lot of kids dream of becoming dinosaur experts when they grow up. But one kid in particular just got a glimpse of what it would be like to work his dream job as a paleontologist after he discovered ...

Military facilities have existed at Montauk since 1796, when the Montauk Lighthouse became operational and its personnel began looking out for British ships that might attack New York or Boston. The ...

In the ancient world, purple was the color of royalty and riches. Roman elites wore purple, and the Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra even painted the sails of her ships purple. Making the era’s most prized ...

The Early Lives Of Orville And Wilbur Wright Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana. His brother Orville was born four years later, on August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio. They ...

Around the same time, the subject of shadow people caught the attention of leading paranormal expert Rosemary Ellen Guiley. Guiley, who had published more than 50 books on the paranormal since she ...

Perched on the Northumberland coastline, Bamburgh Castle looks as though it has been plucked straight from the pages of a medieval fantasy. Indeed, it is the fabled site of Joyous Gard, the fortress ...

If you’ve ever heard someone say the “sword of Damocles” was hanging over their head, they were likely referring to feeling a sense of impending doom, as if catastrophe could strike at any moment.

One of the prevailing theories about the Hat Man is that he is a type of “shadow person,” a paranormal being that appears in the periphery of human vision. Shadow people are largely thought to be evil ...

Stunning medieval wall paintings inside France’s Angers Cathedral remained hidden for centuries. But now, for the first time, conservators from the University of Cambridge’s Hamilton Kerr Institute ...

But recently, on the western edge of what was once Durocortorum, archaeologists discovered the remains of a lavish Gallo-Roman villa. Built during the second century C.E., the villa’s street-facing ...