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

Along with a history of racist wartime propaganda, other forms of hateful posters and political flyers were persistent throughout the 20th century. The infamous white supremacist group Ku Klux Klan ...

Sometimes called the "Venice of the Pacific," Nan Madol is an abandoned city that was built from basalt stones atop a coral reef off the Micronesian island of Pohnpei around 1200 C.E.

Hanoi Hannah, whose real name was Trinh Thi Ngo, used her propaganda radio show during the Vietnam War to encourage American soldiers to defect.

Big Jim Colosimo laid the groundwork for the Chicago Outfit before his murder in May 1920, after which his operation passed into the hands of Johnny Torrio, then Al Capone.

The remains of at least seven infant children were discovered during the latest archaeological campaign at Uşaklı Höyük in Turkey. The infant remains, found near a mysterious Hittite structure, were ...

In an exclusive with National Geographic, a team of international and interdisciplinary scientists have revealed what is likely the largest single incident of mass child sacrifice in world history.

The massive floods that swept through Texas this July uncovered 115-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Travis County. A volunteer discovered the footprints while helping with post-flood clean-up, and ...

Archaeology student Yara Souza unearthed a 9th-century relic during Newcastle University's excavations in the Redesdale valley in Northumberland, England.

See 44 vintage photos of when Laurel Canyon was the epicenter of Los Angeles' counterculture in the '60s and '70s. Back in the 1960s, Laurel Canyon was a central hub of the burgeoning counterculture ...

Upon its completion in 1209, Old London Bridge was the first stone crossing of the River Thames, and it remained the city's only crossing until the 18th century. Today, the London Bridge is so ...