World History

The story of the Bermuda Triangle is no secret—but there’s so much that people don’t know.

On a dark December night in 1906, the world’s first cruise ship ran aground in Jamaica—and in the wake of the crash, the Prinzessin Victoria Luise’s captain did the unthinkable.

This is how a concrete barrier turned into the world's most dramatic stage of human defiance. You may have heard about the 1961-constructed Berlin Wall, but do you know the history and happenings of it?

In 1915, 28 men aboard the "Endurance" found themselves stranded in the Antarctic for over a year, but they miraculously survived against all odds.

In 1902, sponge divers discovered a 2,000-year-old computer in a shipwreck—the Antikythera mechanism—and it continues to baffle historians today.

Easter Island harbors one of the greatest mysteries in history—the soaring "Easter Island Heads," or moai statues, that have an incredibly hazy past.

Have you ever heard of the Bohemian Grove? It's a top-secret campground for the world’s most powerful men—and is one of history's greatest secrets.

Gertrude Bell was one of history's greatest explorers—equally as important as the lauded Lawrence of Arabia. But few know her incredible story.

Given to the queen as a “gift,” Sarah Forbes Bonetta met a wild fate. This is the incredible story of how an African Princess ended up in Queen Victoria's court.

At the start of the 19th century, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark embarked on one of the most important expeditions in American history.

The Hindenburg disaster was an infamous tragedy—but recently discovered documents reveal the untold, chilling truth about that fateful evening.

Few know the bizarre story of Carl Pettersson—a Swedish sailor who washed up on the shore of a cannibal island and became its unlikely king.