One windstorm blew so many tumbleweeds into a city in New Mexico that people couldn’t leave their own homes
The Wild West era, a period known for cowboys, gunslingers, lawmen, and saloon madames, actually lasted only 30 years
Amelia Earhart’s plane is still missing and no one knows when or how she died, but her 1932 car has been found
Four shark killings in 1916 triggered a tsunami of hysteria that inspired Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster “Jaws”
There’s gold in them thar jeans: The truth behind the tale of a Chinese laundryman who got rich during the Gold Rush washing miners’ clothes
The brilliant and misunderstood Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear after arguing with Paul Gaugin and gave it to a prostitute, saying “Keep it carefully”
Before the Marlboro Man came to life in the 1950s, the cigarette was advertised with the slogan “Mild as May” in effort to target society ladies
“I am simply wild about you”: Secrecy electrified the affair of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, stars of the Golden Age
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s 20-year marriage seemed perfect, but affairs, artistic rivalry, and mental instability destroyed it