Between 1899 and 1951, J. C. Leyendecker drew 322 covers for the Saturday Evening Post, created thousands of advertisements for companies like Kellogg's and Ivory Soap, and invented the idealized ...

America’s involvement in the Vietnam War was contentious, to say the least. Despite U.S. President Richard Nixon calling on the so-called “silent majority” who supported the country’s actions in ...

A group of university students working in the Netherlands have located a unique ancient Roman military camp, one that existed beyond the northern border of the Roman Empire. The students are studying ...

New York City is always changing. From decade to decade, the city seems to transform, sloughing off its old skin and emerging as something entirely new. This was especially true in 1950s New York City ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a stunning, first-of-its-kind artifact from an ancient tomb in Gyeongju, South Korea. During excavations at a burial dubbed Tomb 120-2, they came across a 1,400-year-old ...

In 1903, a strange mix-up occurred at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. When a man named Will West arrived at the prison, the clerk on duty was certain he had processed him before.

Mandy Smith was just 13 years old when she caught the eye of Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman — a man who was 34 years her senior. Their controversial relationship eventually made headlines across ...

Archaeologists in Spain recently unearthed a rock that somewhat resembled a human face, especially because of a small red dot where the nose would be. Now, the story behind that dot has left ...

The supermodels of the 1980s and 1990s dominated the magazine stands, appearing on the covers of fashion publications and tabloids. And one man took credit for inventing the concept of the supermodel: ...

Some 73 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed across present-day Alaska. But they weren’t alone. A recent study has confirmed that birds lived and nested alongside the dinosaurs, proving that early ...

At that point, anger in Paris had reached a pinnacle. After years of supporting the American Revolution, France was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Bad harvests, droughts, and rising food prices ...

In the 1970s and ’80s, Burmese pythons were introduced to Florida via the exotic pet trade. Released into the wild by overwhelmed pet owners, the massive snakes have since wreaked havoc on the local ...