A private art collector said they paid a furniture restorer $1,350 to clean up a copy of a 17th-century artwork by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.

Archaeologists said it was the oldest and richest Viking settlement that has been found to date.

Born Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI did everything from selling church offices to hiring 50 prostitutes in one night to secure his place as history's dirtiest pope.

Starting in 1916, William Pester began living in a hut, foraging for fruits and nuts in order to eat, and spending most of his time alone in the California desert.

The land formerly belonged to a Black church. When the church was sold in 1955, most of its graves were moved but residents always said dozens of unmarked graves had been left behind.

Originally designed as a Nazi war vessel, the Amphicar 770 made a splash as the only amphibious car ever mass-produced.

The parcel containing the gold bars was found in October 2019 on a train bound for Lucerne.

Algae, bacteria, and coronavirus lockdowns have all been cited as possible reasons why the Lonar Crater Lake turned pink.

The three-quarter-inch piece is 8,500 years older than similar artworks of its kind found in the region.

Even though Mary Ellen Pleasant amassed $30 million thanks to her real estate empire, the white press vilified her as a mere brothel owner and insisted on calling her "Mammy."

She was the first American woman to spacewalk in 1984. Now, Kathryn Sullivan has made history again.