Take a Trip to Glacier National Park

When hikers Erika and Helmut Simon stumbled upon a frozen body deep in the Otztal Alps, little did they know it belonged to one of the oldest preserved corpses on the planet.

This 5,300-Year-Old Corpse Was Found by Accident (3:20)

Some of the most breathtaking photos of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens were taken by a graduate student camped nearby. Even more impressive, he took them while trying to outrun the enormous landslide.

This Brave Student Captured the Mount St. Helens Blast (2:07)

Forensic analysis of the engine from El-Al Flight 1862, which crashed on October 4, 1992, finds no explosive residue on it. But if it wasn’t terrorism, then what caused the crash?

What Forensics Tell Us About This Odd Plane Crash (3:25)

The French-backed Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian of Mexico was losing the raging civil war. In 1865, this prompted him to issue a savage decree: all armed opponents of his rule were to be executed without trial.

How the Black Decree Led to This Mexican Emperor's Doom (3:11)

The White Pass & Yukon railway system was built in 1898, connecting Skagway, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Canada. Amazingly, it took inexperienced workers just two years to build it into the side of an ice-covered mountain.

This Breathtaking Railway Was Built in Just Two Years (3:24)

On September 8th, 1974, famous daredevil Evel Knievel climbed into a steam-powered rocket and attempted to blast across Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

Evel Knievel's Famous Snake River Canyon Jump (2:35)

When the British army held Francis Scott Key captive aboard one of their warships during the Battle of Baltimore, they could never have guessed his stay would inspire their enemy's most-patriotic song.

The Battle of Fort McHenry through Francis Scott Key's Eyes (3:31)

In 1861, Mexico refused to pay back the sizable debt it owed to countries like France. It was a decision that would prompt France, under Napoleon III, to launch a full-scale invasion.

This Is Why France Invaded Mexico (4:02)

Today, bloodstain pattern analysis is routinely used in murder investigations - analysts draw on chemistry, mathematics and physics to determine the area of origin where an injury occurred.

These Are the Three Main Categories of Bloodstain Pattern (2:17)