Edward Whymper had tried seven times to reach the top of the Matterhorn. He made it on the eighth try–at great cost
Kennedy recorded his impressions of a formative trip through post-War Europe
Researchers are using GPS-enabled coconuts to monitor currents to determine if three men could have survived a 1962 escape from "The Rock"
New analysis on bone and and tooth fragments will allow researchers to learn more about the ill-fated crew
Did mother-of-pearl clouds stoke a painter's angst?
The l'Aigle meteorite fall involved more than 3,000 pieces of rock and numerous witnesses, and it changed everything
Experts have long voiced concerns about origins of the portrait
A 35-foot obelisk in memory of a white supremacist uprising is no more
Likely commissioned in the 1780s by James Wilson, the handwritten copy's signatory order appears to emphasize national unity
His first invention was an 'oil well torpedo,' but it was followed by others
A humble hatmaker was among the first to compile data on how Londoners lived—and died
Many have claimed that “young adult” fiction didn’t exist before S.E. Hinton wrote her cult classic–but it did, sort of
A fuse appeared to be attached to the explosive device
The photos are part of a new book from the Imperial War Museums which includes many images published for the first time
“The woman with a bustle can never sit down in a natural position,” one 1880s doctor wrote
The Confederacy had its own White House—two, actually
After a 20-year search, members of the Wampanoag Nation have collected his remains from museums
The Nazis weren’t the only group that looted German treasures
Many fire departments across the country have phased out the pole
The emotive song about lynching in the American South is both a classic and a warning
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