Jonestown, the site in Guyana where more than 900 followers of cult leader Jim Jones died in a mass murder-suicide in 1978, ...

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.

Join us for the History Uncovered podcast, where we explore the uncharted corners of the natural world and the world past. Each Wednesday, we take a deep dive into a topic we haven’t been able to stop ...

Wikimedia Commons Ancient geoglyphs etched into the Peruvian desert, the Nazca Lines depict everything from geometric shapes to humans to animals like cats and spiders.

During their 30-year marriage, Jane Hawking acted as her husband's primary caregiver while Stephen Hawking became a world-renowned physicist.

Located between the Texas towns of Denton and Copper Canyon, the Old Alton Bridge is also known as "Goatman’s Bridge" for its terrifying legend of a half-goat demon.

Ever since it was gifted to Robert Eugene Otto in 1904, Robert the Doll has haunted Key West, Florida with its paranormal powers.

Bimini Road is an underwater rock formation located off the coast of North Bimini island in the Bahamas — and some people believe that it leads to the lost city of Atlantis.

For nearly 30 years, a Latvian immigrant named Ed Leedskalnin built Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida. To this day, no one knows how he carved and stacked over 1,000 tons of stony coral by himself.

Throughout history, criminals have been subjected to punishments that now seem needlessly grisly and barbaric. And notable among these was the gibbet. Popular in 18th-century England, gibbeting ...

What are Skinwalkers, the shapeshifting witches of Navajo lore, and are they actually real? Inside the mystery of these mythical beasts. The legend of the shapeshifting entity known as the Skinwalker ...