This is the story of Gianni Versace’s life, murder, and legacy. Born on Dec. 2, 1946, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, to a poor ...

Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it ...

Elaine Parent, a notorious con artist and murderer, operated for decades in the United States and England using more than 20 stolen identities. She began her career as a legitimate real estate agent ...

Planet Earth is defined by astonishing extremes, from the deepest part of the ocean to the world’s highest peak. It’s a planet where everything from flora and fauna to terrain and temperature can vary ...

Alongside Tetraites and Prudes is another famous fighting duo: Priscus and Verus. Once the Colosseum was finished in 80 C.E., its completion was celebrated with a number of opening day games. Part of ...

In 1988, two scuba divers off the coast of Bulala, Sicily discovered the wreck of an ancient Greek ship from the 5th century B.C.E., later named “Gela II.” The ship was initially explored in 1995, and ...

Located in the southeast of Iran, the Lut Desert (Dasht-e Lut) spreads across 5 million acres. Its name is Persian and describes a place without water or vegetation. And the name is apt — Lut is the ...

Scotland has the Loch Ness monster. Florida has the skunk ape. And Wyoming has the jackalope, an elusive but beloved rabbit-like cryptid with the antlers of a deer. So, are jackalopes real? It depends ...

One of history’s most notorious gangsters, Gambino family boss John Gotti was known as “The Dapper Don” because of his expensive clothes and ability to eloquently handle himself on camera. His ...

An unsuspecting farmer in Türkiye’s Eastern Anatolia region recently made a groundbreaking discovery: a nearly 1,000-square-foot mosaic from the Late Roman or Early Byzantine period just beneath the ...

South America is filled with hot climates, but it was Argentina that became the continent’s hottest place in 1905. It was then that the city of Comodoro Rivadavia set a record when temperatures ...