After being rejected by his fiancée and coming down with tuberculosis, Edward Leedskalnin spent 28 years building the Coral Castle, a colossal oolite limestone structure
The discovery of the ‘First Plant’
English Civil War, Lady Mary Bankes defended a castle from over 200 attackers with only five men. Held out for three years before being betrayed
A trawler was caught in the fallout of a nuclear test, killing its radioman; his last words were “I pray that I am the last victim of an atomic or hydrogen bomb
The mysterious Piri Reis Map: Is this evidence of a very advanced prehistoric civilization?
Bomb Sight website interactive maps shows every Nazi bomb dropped on London during the Blitz
Stone age cave art in Germany thought to be oldest in country, researchers disprove theory
Who was the ecstatic “Dancing Man” in the iconic video filmed after the end of WWII?
Mayan Temple could collapse due to a massive Sinkhole beneath it
775 confirmed kills in one picture – the very effective Soviet female snipers
