Back in the 1500s, a strange fear began to spread across the upper classes of Europe. A new fruit from the New World bright red, juicy, and…

In the 1860s, Helena, Montana was little more than a collection of muddy mining camps, saloons, and tents. Gold had been discovered in Last Chance Gulch, and…

On February 5, 1971, a remarkable chapter in space exploration unfolded as Apollo 14’s Lunar Module successfully touched down on the Moon, marking America’s third successful moon…

In the mid-19th century, London was drowning in filth literally. The Thames River, which flowed through the heart of the city, had become a dumping ground for…

In 2017, a team of marine archaeologists made a breathtaking discovery in the depths of the Black Sea. While surveying the seabed off the coast of Bulgaria,…

In the summer of 1916, a Polish immigrant named Nathan Handwerker made a bold bet on a hot dog. With only $300 in savings and a recipe…

King Harald Hardrada’s life story reads like an epic saga. Born into a royal family, exiled as a teenager, and rising to become one of the most…

In January 1914, Henry Ford stunned the world by announcing that his company would begin paying factory workers $5 per day more than double the average wage…

In a small, mountainous region of Japan, history lives on not in books, but in steaming springs and wooden beams. Tucked away in Yamanashi Prefecture, Nishiyama Onsen…