Located off the coast of Lord Howe Island between New Zealand and Australia, Ball's Pyramid is, at 1,877 feet tall, the tallest volcanic sea stack in the world.

Born when Jayne Mansfield was just 17, Jayne Marie Mansfield bore witness to the struggles her mother faced due to her fame and chose to live largely out of the public eye because of it.

While excavating the route of a planned highway, archaeologists found a tusk and pelvis bone dating to the Ice Age.

The process of fermenting grain to make beer was likely discovered by several cultures independently as hunter-gatherers settled into agricultural societies around 12,000 years ago, but the first physical evidence of beer brewing dates to 3400 B.C.E. in Mesopotamia.

Mickey Hargitay was a Hungarian immigrant who rose to fame in the United States as a bodybuilder, but he's perhaps best known for marrying Jayne Mansfield and raising actress Mariska Hargitay.

Go inside the incredible triumphs and heartbreaking tragedies of Golden Age Hollywood's most iconic actresses — pictured in stunning color.

Researchers excavating ancient ruins atop a seaside overlook on the island of Ithaca believe they have identified the Sanctuary of Odysseus, including two terraces, a tower, springs, and staircases carved into the mountainside.

In the early 20th century, Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Duke Kahanamoku held surfing exhibitions around the world, popularizing the sport in California and Australia.

During routine dredging of the Korte Linschoten River in Montfoort, Netherlands in 2024, workers noticed something sticking out of the bucket of sludge they'd just pulled up from the depths — and it turned out to be a completely intact three-foot sword.

Located on the British Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is Earth's most remote settlement, situated more than 1,500 miles from the closest populated area.

Mount Tambora's eruption on April 10, 1815, was so powerful that it was heard 1,600 miles away, while its massive ash cloud covered the Sun and caused global temperatures to drop five degrees.