Born in Martinique around 1860, Blanche Dumas drew crowds by appearing nude in freak shows and allegedly went on to become a renowned sex worker in Paris.

The Gulabi Gang, which seeks to protect women and girls from violence and oppression, first emerged in 2006 and now has hundreds of thousands of members.

Brendon Grimshaw bought Moyenne Island in the 1960s, then spent his life restoring its ecosystem and protecting it from development.

Charlemagne's coronation, the biggest slave revolt in the history of the British West Indies, and the deaths of Nicolae Ceaușescu, JonBenét Ramsey, and Eartha Kitt all occurred on Christmas Day.

Although Christmas is one of Christianity's most important holidays, many of today's most beloved traditions stem from pagan festivals and rites.

The portrait, which was commissioned by James Madison in 1804 and painted by Gilbert Stuart, is expected to sell for between $500,000 and $1 million.

From the race to the North Pole to the perilous waters of the Northwest Passage, there's no question that early Arctic expeditions were full of excitement, danger, and adventure.

Archaeologists excavating the ancient ruins of Metropolis near İzmir, Turkey just uncovered a statue head that dates back at least 2,000 years and is equipped with sockets for eerily lifelike eyes.

Though Scott Fischer had years of experience as a mountain climber and guide, he ultimately succumbed to overexertion, altitude sickness, and hypothermia during a brutal blizzard on Mount Everest on May 11, 1996.

In the garden of the Villa Poppaea, researchers also found haunting casts of trees that were encased in ash at the moment Vesuvius erupted and have remained frozen in time ever since.