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

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

Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called ...

Throughout the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the early years of the Gilded Age, Thomas Nast used his political cartoons published in Harper's Weekly to satirize current events, expose corruption, and ...

Most believe that Jesus was buried at the present site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, though other locations have been suggested.

The gold rush began after the precious metal was found at Sutter's Mill in 1848, and the influx of prospectors turned San Francisco into a boomtown.

From the early civil rights movement to the rise of rock 'n' roll, see what the 1950s were really like with these colorized photos.

Bamburgh Castle was once home to the medieval rulers of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria and faced attacks by Normans, Scots, and Vikings.

The Gilded Age in late 19th-century America looked opulent from the outside, but beneath the wealthy robber barons, poverty and corruption were rampant.

Björn Ironside, the son of Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok, allegedly ruled over Sweden and Norway and spawned the royal Munsö Dynasty in the 9th century C.E.

When did Rome fall? 476 C.E. is commonly cited as the traditional end of the Western Roman Empire, but the actual collapse may have occurred decades later.

The "sword of Damocles" is an idiom that refers to looming danger, based on a parable about King Dionysius of Sicily that was popularized in 45 B.C.E. by the philosopher Cicero.