The Altamont free concert in 1969 featured the Rolling Stones and was intended to be Woodstock West but ended in crime and chaos
Singapore Botanic Gardens houses a fantastic orchid collection, including the tiger orchid, believed to be oldest orchid in the world
Ancient Roman coins discovered by two excited friends with a metal detector turned out to be fakes planted in field by TV show
Calico, in San Bernardino County: Miners, gunslingers, and brothel-keepers were all drawn there by the California Silver Rush
Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators say Robert Wagner is a “person of interest” in the tragic death of Natalie Wood in 1981
Four shark killings in 1916 triggered a tsunami of hysteria that inspired Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster “Jaws”
The amazing miniature bird mansions of the Ottoman Era reveal deep affection and respect for winged creatures
Because Stanislav Petrov reported a computer malfunction in 1983, we know him today as “The man who saved the world”
In 1982, 150 Icelanders went to the NATO base in Keflavík to protest the treatment of Elves
How Hedy Lamarr, a Hollywood beauty of the Golden Age, became a first-class inventor, creating a visionary device that led to Wi-Fi and GPS
