Interesting History

A 16th century English colonial settlement on Roanoke Island

The Lost Colony of Roanoke: America's Oldest Unsolved Mystery and the Word Carved in Wood

HMS Erebus and HMS Terror trapped in Arctic ice during the Franklin Expedition

The Franklin Expedition: Arctic Ice, Lost Ships, and the Inuit Who Knew Where They Were

The Tower of London at twilight, where two young princes vanished in 1483

The Princes in the Tower: England's Most Enduring Royal Mystery

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 — gallows and Puritan courthouse in colonial Massachusetts

Salem Witch Trials: How Mass Hysteria and Fear Executed 20 People in Colonial America

Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanova in imperial Russian attire

Anastasia Romanov: The Princess Who Vanished and the Woman Who Spent 60 Years Pretending to Be Her

The Black Dahlia - dark noir scene of 1940s Hollywood

Black Dahlia: The Gruesome 1947 Murder That Remains Hollywood's Greatest Unsolved Case

The Zodiac Killer - dark atmospheric scene of 1960s San Francisco

Zodiac Killer: The Unsolved Murders That Terrified California and Defied the FBI

Dark foggy Victorian London street at night with gas lamps casting dim yellow light

Jack the Ripper: The Victorian Killer Whose Identity Remains a Mystery

The Mary Celeste brigantine sailing ship adrift on the Atlantic Ocean

The Mary Celeste: History's Greatest Ghost Ship Mystery

Amelia Earhart: 88 Years Later, Are We Close to Finding Her Plane?

Amelia Earhart: 88 Years Later, Are We Close to Finding Her Plane?

D.B. Cooper: The Only Unsolved Skyjacking in American History

D.B. Cooper: The Only Unsolved Skyjacking in American History

WWII soldiers with inflatable tanks and camouflage equipment

The Ghost Army: How Fake Tanks and Sound Effects Helped Win WWII

A Navy destroyer vanishing in a green electrical fog

The Philadelphia Experiment: Did the Navy Make a Ship Invisible?

Massive wave of beer crashing through a London street in 1814

The London Beer Flood of 1814: A Wave of Destruction

Spooky New England cemetery at dusk

The New England Vampire Panic of 1892: When a TB Outbreak Spawned a Vampire Hunt

Wilmer McLean's house at Appomattox

Wilmer McLean: The Man Who Couldn't Escape the Civil War

Medieval trial scene with a dead pope propped up on a throne

The Cadaver Synod: The Bizarre Trial Where a Dead Pope Was Dug Up and Condemned

Destroyed buildings covered in molasses after the 1919 Boston disaster

The Great Molasses Flood: The Day a Deadly Wave of Syrup Destroyed Boston

Australian soldiers facing a mob of emus in the outback

The Great Emu War: When Birds Defeated the Army!

A magnificent golden Fabergé egg covered in jewels

The Lost Fabergé Eggs: A Royal Treasure Hunt!