In the 1960s and 1970s, the modern ballroom subculture exploded across New York City, offering queer Black and Latino communities a welcoming space to express themselves.

Found just below Smithsonian Castle, the chamber appears to be a 19th-century cistern meant to collect rainwater that had been forgotten for more than a century.

From books and baby bottles to makeup and billiard balls, even common household objects could be lethal in the 19th century.

Workers preparing to build a housing complex in the town of Gerstetten happened upon a tomb from the 4th century C.E. that was filled with artifacts including ceramics, glass vessels, and a comb with its handle and teeth intact.

These jaw-dropping stories prove that the 1990s were one wild decade.

On August 23, 1305, Scottish rebel William Wallace was hanged, drawn, and quartered for refusing to pledge his allegiance to King Edward I.

On August 28, 2014, legendary comedian Joan Rivers went in for a scheduled appointment at Yorkville Endoscopy in New York — and entered cardiac arrest while in surgery.

Found by Rowan Brannan in the village of Pagham, the bracelet likely dates back to the first century C.E. and probably belonged to a Roman soldier.

The newspaper was saved for over a century and contains photos of Titanic victims as well as their anxious loved ones.

The ancient board game known as "Hounds and Jackals" or the "Game of 58 Holes" was long thought to have originated in Egypt, but game boards found in Azerbaijan suggest that may not be the case.

The observatory dates back to the sixth century B.C.E. and "confirms the ingenuity and skill of the ancient Egyptians in astronomy since ancient times."