How a bit of nutmeg, cinnamon, and black pepper set off bloody conflicts and discovery of the New World
Ancient Egyptian mummy at the Louvre has a face covered by an unusual interwoven square pattern
Trademark of a culture: The horse-drawn Vardo wagons used by the Romani people of Britain …
These three Inca mummies, buried 500 years ago, look as if they died yesterday
In 1916, a Tennessee town insisted on executing a circus elephant named Big Mary
Spring-Heeled Jack: The Leaping Boogeyman who terrorized Victorian England
Heroin, prescribed for coughs and headaches, was a trademarked medicine produced by Bayer company
Murder mystery: Captain Charles Francis Hall died of arsenic poisoning on way to North Pole
“Ape Woman” Julia Pastrana was exploited during her life, exhibited for 153 years after her death
Anne Bonny was a violent & ferocious warrior & one of the few female pirates to sail the high seas
