On October 9, 2013, Nate Kibby offered Abby Hernandez a ride on her way home from school — then handcuffed her before imprisoning her inside a shipping container near his house.

The bones, tucked away in fossil drawers and storage, belong to a pliosaur and suggest that this ancient sea creature could grow even larger than scientists previously thought.

The tomb dates back to between 5000 B.C.E and 4600 B.C.E and contains several dozen skeletal remains.

The tumultuous relationships of early-1900s supermodel Evelyn Nesbit proved to be deadly when her husband murdered her former lover in what was called the “crime of the century.”

Materials made using fungal mycelium have been found to have regenerative properties, though scientists have yet to perfect the method.

In at least two historical accounts, children with green skin appeared in the English village of Woolpit in the 12th century. But to this day, this strange tale continues to leave historians baffled.

From the Emancipation Proclamation to the end of the Civil War to the 13th Amendment, go inside the real story of how slavery was abolished in the United States.

British Columbia has begun decriminalizing up to 2.5 grams of some drugs — but unfortunately for Jerry Martin and the Drugs Store, it's still illegal to sell them.

Drone photos and historical documents suggest that Leonardo da Vinci based the bridge that appears in the backdrop of the Mona Lisa on a very real bridge located in the Italian province of Arezzo.

The collapse of the U.S.S.R. came in December 1991 after controversial policies introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev and growing internal conflict brought an end to the 74-year rule of the global superpower.