Bold Invention: The Bartini Beriev VVA-14, a 1970s-era Soviet aircraft designed to take off from the water
Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world
Australian couple Bought a decaying Neoclassical French Chateau and started blogging the restoration process
The grand but flawed 17th century Swedish warship “Vasa” sank on her maiden voyage, but in 1961 the ship was completely recovered
Radium Girls, female factory workers exposed to radium poisoning without their knowledge, were even encouraged to lick radium paintbrushes
The Hope Diamond is thought to carry a curse from Louis XIV to an American heiress
Why America fell in love with joke-filled burlesque in the 19th century, long before it transformed into striptease
The amazing flight of the “Norge,” the airship that took Amundsen on the first-ever journey over the North Pole
When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926, over 100,000 people swarmed the streets of New York City in riots during the funeral and several women committed suicide
Actor James Cromwell was motivated to become a full vegan and animal advocate after playing Farmer Hoggett in “Babe”
