In 1965, Syd Barrett co-founded Pink Floyd, and the band soon skyrocketed to fame. Barrett was the songwriter behind some of ...

Freddy Geas reportedly had a particular disdain for rats — and Whitey Bulger infamously worked as an FBI informant.

Archaeologists excavating a 2,800-year-old Scythian tomb in the Uyuk Valley discovered evidence of humanity's earliest-known ...

Archaeologists exploring medieval ruins in Qinngua, Greenland have uncovered a Norse church that was built as far back as ...

Opened in the mid-19th century, McSorley's hasn't changed much — and even still serves just two kinds of beer.

Archaeologists excavating at Tavşanlı Höyük in western Turkey found an ancient clay brick that was stamped with the paw print ...

The Ainu are largely descended from the Jōmon people, prehistoric Japanese hunter-gatherers. Their ancestors lived throughout ...

Spindly, sparse, and just 16 feet tall, the Norway spruce known as Old Tjikko doesn’t seem that impressive at first glance. But the tree is known as one of the oldest trees in the world. Located on ...

As an adult, Judy Lewis learned that her adopted mother, Loretta Young, was actually her biological mother, and that her father was Clark Gable.

In Celtic mythology, the Cailleach is a powerful goddess associated with winter and storms — but also with creation myths.

Go inside seven chilling cases of phrogging, from Pamela Anderson's stalker to the murderous Denver Spider Man. For many people, the idea that a stranger could be living in your home without your ...