Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called "the wickedest town in the West" because of its proliferation of bars, ...

What happened on this day in history: India gains its independence from the United Kingdom, the first day of the Woodstock music festival begins, and more events from August 15th.

From 1934 to 1946, the NKVD terrorized and murdered countless Soviet citizens who were accused of being disloyal to Joseph Stalin.

J. C. Leyendecker drew hundreds of covers for the "Saturday Evening Post" and advertisements for popular products.

During excavations at Magna, a 2,000-year-old Roman fort built near Hadrian’s Wall in England, archaeologists have uncovered numerous ancient treasures. In recent weeks, they’ve found pottery, a comb, ...

Katarzyna Zowada, a 23-year-old university student based in Kraków, Poland, mysteriously vanished on Nov. 12, 1998. She was supposed to attend an important therapy appointment that day, so her mother ...

On August 6, 1890, New York murderer William Kemmler became the first person to die by electric chair, but his execution was horribly botched.

On the remote Norwegian island of Senja, archaeologists have unearthed a Viking boat grave that dates back to 900 C.E. and holds the remains of an elite woman and her canine companion. The burial was ...

The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.E. saw 7,000 Greeks hold off up to 300,000 Persians for three days until they were betrayed and defeated.

Duke Kahanamoku was a swimmer and surfer from Hawaii who won three Olympic gold medals and popularized the sport of surfing around the world.

The most famous lover of Hadrian, Antinous drowned in the Nile in 130 C.E. — then was later deified as a dying-and-reviving god.

Archaeologists surveying a Neanderthal rock shelter in San Lázaro, Spain found a 43,000-year-old fingerprint that may have been part of a work of art.