Piri Reis Map of 1513: This World Map of Antarctica Without Ice Dates to the 1500s
“Win one for the Gipper”: The Hollywood career of Ronald Reagan offered clues to his affable take on the presidency
Patek Philippe’s Art of Watches Grand Exhibition threw open the vaults, revealed expensive and historic timepieces
Lin Zhao’s parents learned that their daughter was executed in 1968 only after a Communist Party official asked them to pay 5 cents for the bullet used to kill her
Long before she cooked French dishes on TV, Julia Child helped the CIA develop shark repellent
Barefoot and starved, Spartan boys underwent grueling combat training but were also punished for not answering questions briefly and wittily enough
The Hoba meteorite, estimated at 66 tons, left no crater when it fell to Earth
Rob Roy MacGregor: Some call him “the Scottish Robin Hood,” but others say he was a “criminal praised as a hero”
“Little Edie,” Jackie Kennedy’s cousin, was a model and socialite before she lived in isolation with her mother in the Grey Gardens mansion for 20 years
A massive wall at Cal Orcko in southern Bolivia reveals more than 5,000 dinosaur footsteps
