Picture a city where nearly 100,000 people live, work, raise families, and grow old. Now imagine that for almost half a ...

The Mapes was born a grand old lady. Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the building's art deco style was already ...

The News Herald has been documenting Bay County's lost communities, or "ghost towns." Here's an interactive map of over 20 of ...

A strange X-ray signal spotted decades ago may be the result of a star that got attacked by two black holes, one after the other. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

PORTLAND, Maine — For many of us, GPS has been a game changer - a tap, a voice, a turn-by-turn path, will get you there. But there is something special about a physical map that the GPS in your car or ...

History is full of geniuses, rulers, artists, and thinkers, many of whom carried habits so odd they seem unbelievable today. In this video we explore 20 historical figures whose weird rituals and ...

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, as tuberculosis ravaged families in New England, something else haunted their dreams: vampires. Eventually, people were whipped into such a frenzy over their ...

A Great Emu War in Australia, a "meat shower" in Kentucky, and a medieval trial involving the exhumed corpse of a pope are just a few of the strangest events from history. History classes tend to ...

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When the first printed Bible map appeared in 1525, it was supposed to clarify the ancient world of scripture. Instead, the printer accidentally flipped it—placing the Mediterranean Sea on the wrong ...

Two naturally mummified women from a rock shelter in southern Libya are pushing scientists to rethink how ancient North Africa was populated. Genetic tests on the 7,000-year-old remains show that they ...