In the 1600s, many Italian housewives had no hope of escaping bad marriages. So hundreds of them turned to poison to kill their husbands — and collect their inheritance.

These 65 graves mostly date from the fifth and sixth centuries C.E., the period of the mythical King Arthur — and one of these graves may actually be his.

A storm battered the whaling ship Industry on May 26, 1836, snapping both its masts and cracking open its hull.

Scientists recreated the lavish House of the Greek Epigram, then used virtual reality to see how people interacted with it so they could better understand Roman design.

In 1979, Steve Banerjee created the world's most famous male stripper troupe — then put a hit out for anyone who got in the way of his success.

The 2,000-year-old gold coin is one of just three known to exist.

Rumors spread that Abraham Lincoln was Black even before he was elected president and have persisted for over 150 years — but is there any truth to them?

The Tolkien estate's website includes drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien of the worlds he created for "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."

This prehistoric whale ancestor was about the size of a city bus and would have been the most fearsome predator in its ecosystem.

During his single deployment in Vietnam, Staff Sergeant Adelbert F. Waldron III made 109 confirmed kills in just six months, making him the most lethal sniper in the history of the U.S. Army.

For centuries, Vikings traveled from throughout Scandinavia to join the elite Varangian Guard that protected the Eastern Roman Emperor and the city of Constantinople.