The fires were set during a heat wave that saw temperatures soar to 124 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the country.

From 1978 to 1991, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer tortured and murdered 17 young men and boys. Here are their forgotten stories.

In 1901, Leon Czolgosz shot President McKinley twice at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He was executed for the assassination less than two months later.

The already endangered carnivorous plant Nepenthes bokorensis, also known as the "penis flytrap," could be driven to extinction if tourists keep using them for selfie opportunities.

The pregnant ichthyosaur fossil dubbed "Fiona" was found near the Tyndall Glacier in Chile's Patagonia region.

After years of playing Buffy Davis on the CBS sitcom "Family Affair," actress Anissa Jones died of a massive overdose at 18-years-old on August 28, 1976.

The object discovered by Matthew Decker looks like an intricately carved wooden ax — but it's actually a quirk of nature.

Lupe Vélez blazed new trails for Latinas in Hollywood before her shocking and controversial suicide in 1944.

The sinkhole in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region plunges more than 600 feet into the earth and may be home to a host of previously undiscovered creatures.

In the late 1960s, Jerome Henry "Jerry" Brudos killed at least four women in Oregon — and used their corpses for his necrophilic fantasies.

After taking power in the 1920s, Joseph Stalin killed at least 9 million people through mass murder, forced labor, and famine, but the true figure may be as high as 60 million.