The wreck of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese treasure ship seized by pirates in 1721, has been identified near ...

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Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

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From 1934 to 1946, the NKVD terrorized and murdered countless Soviet citizens who were accused of being disloyal to Joseph Stalin.

Go inside the incredible triumphs and heartbreaking tragedies of Golden Age Hollywood's most iconic actresses — pictured in stunning color.

Today, the town of Vergina is a quiet, unassuming place, despite the remarkable ancient monuments scattered nearby. Tucked into a quiet region of Greece, it has a population of just over 1,000 people.

Researchers in Virginia uncovered the 18th-century foundation of Williamsburg Bray School, America's oldest schoolhouse for Black children.

Convicted murderer William Kemmler became the first person to be executed in the newly invented electric chair on August 6, 1890, at New York's Auburn State Prison — but it went terribly wrong.

Harriet Jacobs published "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" in 1861 about the abuse she faced while enslaved and her escape to the North.

Duke Kahanamoku was a swimmer and surfer from Hawaii who won three Olympic gold medals and popularized the sport of surfing around the world.

Katarzyna Zowada, a 23-year-old university student based in Kraków, Poland, mysteriously vanished on Nov. 12, 1998. She was supposed to attend an important therapy appointment that day, so her mother ...