The city of Aegae (present-day Vergina) was the original Macedonian capital and was long a burial place for royalty.

Known as Thonis to the Egyptians and Heracleion to the Greeks, Thonis-Heracleion was a bustling city at the mouth of the Nile River that served as the region's biggest port for centuries before it sank.

The wooden door frame from Titanic played a pivotal role in the 1997 movie and has been the subject of debate among fans in years since.

In the 1930s, Joseph Stalin deported thousands of political opponents and prisoners to a barren, isolated gulag with so little food that it would soon become known as "Cannibal Island."

Believed to have been part of a statue that adorned an enormous fountain, this Apollo head was found by archaeology students among the ruins of the historic city of Philippi.

"Cancer Alley" is home to hundreds of chemical plants and refineries — and their industrial waste has created a health crisis for the majority-Black residents living nearby.

The Château de l'Hermine in Vannes, France, was originally built in the 1380s, but it was abandoned 100 years later.

Imperial Japanese Army sergeant Shoichi Yokoi fled into the jungles of Guam when American forces recaptured the island in 1944 — and didn't emerge until he was finally discovered 28 years later.

The thimble was found by a metal detectorist in Pembrokeshire who initially thought he'd merely dug up a sixpence coin.

First appearing in written records in the third century B.C.E. and documented by Julius Caesar himself, Druids were esteemed ancient Celts who served as teachers, judges, and priests found in Britain and Gaul.

While diving to the bottom of Lake Bracciano and exploring the remains of the Stone Age sunken city La Marmotta, archaeologists uncovered five canoes that date back to at least 5000 B.C.E.