Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called "the wickedest town in the West" because of its proliferation of bars, ...

Most believe that Jesus was buried at the present site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, though other locations have been suggested.

When did Rome fall? 476 C.E. is commonly cited as the traditional end of the Western Roman Empire, but the actual collapse may have occurred decades later.

The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most sacred relics of Jewish and Christian tradition. The chest is said to hold the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were originally inscribed, and ...

While tickling may elicit laughter, "tickle torture" has been used as a tactic to interrogate, abuse, or humiliate victims for centuries.

Written records of dragons first emerged 4,000 years ago and have appeared in cultures across the globe since, raising the question: Are dragons real?

While the Los Angeles Mafia never rose to the same notoriety as its counterparts in New York and Chicago, the crime family infiltrated Hollywood, had a hand in the growth of Las Vegas, and terrorized ...

In post-war America, millions of white citizens fled for the suburbs and left behind racially segregated cities in what's now called white flight.

The Amityville Horror House is the site of one of America’s most popular ghost stories. The home’s dark reputation dates back to 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr. fatally shot his parents and siblings in ...

Scandinavian folklore tells of countless legendary creatures, and one of the most famous is the Kraken. Said to be a squid-like monster capable of destroying entire ships, the Kraken may seem like ...

First described by Plato in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias in 360 B.C.E., the Lost City of Atlantis was a purported civilization near the Strait of Gibraltar that sank into the Atlantic.

A team from the research group Ocean Census identified 100 new species of sea creatures in Bounty Trough off the coast of New Zealand.