The first gold rush in the United States happened in North Carolina
Stalin’s daughter defected to U.S. in 1967, but returned to the Soviet Union in 1984
Johnny Appleseed: His trees invigorated the early frontier but his life was not a fairy tale
The crater that is growing in Siberia is a “climate time bomb”
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane: the fierce queen of San Francisco’s psychedelic scene wanted to drug Richard Nixon
Abbott and Costello were the highest paid entertainers of WWII, but away from the spotlight life wasn’t so joyful
The Lady of Elche, a strange and striking ancient sculpture discovered in Spain in 1897, bears resemblance to Princess Leia
The history of the gymnasium: from a school for naked exercise to wellness empire
The Rai Stones are huge stone wheels used as currency on the island of Yap
Séance shock queen: Spiritualist Eva Carrière and the era of ectoplasm
