Wild Thang, an eight-year-old Pekingese from Oregon, finally won first place in the World's Ugliest Dog contest after competing for five years and coming in second three times.

The tourist from Kazakhstan carved the letters "ALI" into a plaster wall at the House of Ceii before authorities stopped him, and now he will have to pay for repairs to the ancient structure.

The trilobites were preserved thanks to the volcanic ash they were buried in — and they've now been nicknamed the "Pompeii trilobites."

Between the 1940s and 1970s, Las Vegas transformed from a dusty desert town into a glamorous destination complete with luxury resorts, celebrity appearances, and world-famous nightlife.

Just months after the Bataan Death March, Joseph C. Murphy died in a horrific prisoner of war camp — and was buried among countless other deceased soldiers.

Maribel Ramos' roommate KC Joy became obsessed with her after she rejected his romantic advances — then that obsession turned deadly.

Before this discovery in Namaqualand, South Africa, the oldest known termite mounds on Earth dated back just 4,000 years.

After Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died in a hail of bullets in May 1934, the V8 Ford they were driving became an instant tourist attraction — and it still draws crowds to this day.

The Lokiceratops rangiformis, whose relatives include the Triceratops, roamed what is now North America over 78 million years ago.

In 2016, 66-year-old Anita Cowen filed a restraining order against her roommate Scott Pettigrew, alleging that he was terrorizing her in her own home. Days later, Cowen’s dead body was found floating in her pool.

The orange coloring and distinctive black line down the center of the creature's body are reminiscent of the Eye of Sauron, the fearsome Lord of the Rings villain.