Jennie Cohen

The chapel's famous ceiling stands as one of the masterworks of the Italian Renaissance—and of world art.

The mystery of how prehistoric builders constructed the mighty Stonehenge has baffled scholars for centuries.

The love between these famous couples really did change the world.

The world got to see a different side of Richard Nixon when his gushing, ardent love letters went on display at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in 2012. Find out more about these missives as well as other passionate presidents who penned doting dispatches.

A new study suggests that humans, not vermin, spread the Black Death, and that the disease may not have been bubonic plague after all.

Find out how newspapers reported on the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which killed nearly 150 New York City workers and helped expose poor working conditions 100 years ago.

Originally billed as a one-time "Game of the Century," the All-Star Game has become a permanent and much-loved fixture of the baseball season.

Find out whether the much-maligned emperor was as crazy as they say.

In most cases, millions of dollars worth of diamonds, gems and watches remain largely unrecovered.

Find out about famous gangsters who became informants for the U.S. government, including the recently captured Whitey Bulger.

We take a look at some of the most significant Mafia busts in the history of the organized crime network.

Before you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, get your facts straight by exploring common misconceptions about the holiday.

The widowed boardinghouse owner went to the gallows for her role in John Wilkes Booth's plot to kill the 16th president.

The executive mansion has come under fire multiple times through history.

Explore 9 facts about American history’s archetypal patriot, Paul Revere, and his famed midnight ride.

American women achieved the right to vote on August 18, 1920, thanks in part to a Tennessee legislator with a very powerful mother.

Explore seven fascinating facts about the English novelist and his extraordinary life.

At the 1950 World Cup, the United States pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports, beating all odds to defeat the polished English team.

From spaghetti trees to a Nixon comeback, check out some of history’s most elaborate April Fools’ Day pranks.

Early humans made sophisticated stone tools like hand axes 1.8 million years ago, a cache of artifacts from Kenya suggests.

A human longevity expert assessed the longstanding theory that the stresses of the job make American presidents age more quickly.

Explore surprising facts about the one-cent coin.

Lethal air, contaminated land, cancer epidemics—and coverups. These nuclear accidents were catastrophic.

Discover six things you may not know about the Medal of Honor and its recipients.

Find out about some of the weird and wacky ways people have attempted to curb or conceal their hair loss over the centuries.

Explore the extraordinary life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch.

Adolf Hitler may have had Jewish and African ancestors, according to a recent DNA study by Belgian researchers.

Explore seven surprising facts about Joan of Arc, the courageous teenager who rose from obscurity to lead the French army.

Did you know that the Rough Riders didn’t really ride and that Guam’s capture was surprisingly peaceful?

SEAL Team Six's security and counterterrorism missions have ranged from Grenada to Bosnia to Iraq.

The earliest farmers planted grains in order to brew beer for politically expedient feasts, according to a new study.

Explore the lives of 10 daring and intriguing covert agents you might not have read about in history books.

Find out how a bitter rivalry killed a leading Federalist, how a spot of tea took a violent turn and how jealousy spelled doom for a Russian writer.

The advent of cutting-edge forensic technology and DNA analysis techniques can shed new light on many of the world’s most famous (and infamous) disappearances—but only to an extent.

Explore the history of the Gregorian calendar, which Britain and its colonies adopted in 1582.

Explore 10 surprising facts about the seafaring Scandinavians.

Explore 10 facts about one of European history’s most influential rulers.

From their accidental discovery to their sale in the classifieds, find out more about the ancient collection of texts.

The enormous death toll of America’s bloodiest conflict may be even higher than we think, according to one historian’s recent analysis.

Written in the 1920s and rediscovered in 2008, memoirs supposedly written by the real Jack the Ripper were published today.

Told he wouldn’t live past 50, the oldest known American survivor of the brutal Bataan Death March during World War II, died Sunday at 105.

As researchers announce that bloodletting might have some benefits after all, find out more about this ancient treatment’s long history.

Get the facts on the mysterious medieval order known as the Knights Templar, which was dissolved 700 years ago.

Find out about the history of fireworks, which will light up the skies across America this Independence Day.

Japan has vowed to locate the remains of an estimated 12,000 troops still missing since the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Biological factors may have caused Henry VIII's madness and reproductive woes, new research suggests.

Geologists are investigating whether tainted drinking water killed most of Jamestown’s colonists during the “starving time” of 1609-1610.

Discover the history of the annual holiday and check out 13 facts about the American flag and how to properly display it.

From London's 'Great Stink' of 1858, to a sweltering stint during the Great Depression, take a look back at some of the deadliest heat waves in history.

Was Scottish knight William Wallace of "Braveheart" fame the inspiration behind the legend of Robin Hood?

After a century-long ban, France has legalized absinthe, a potion with a rich history that artists once prized for its supposed hallucinogenic effects.

Last week, Charles Darwin became the latest “patient” at an annual conference that aims to unravel the medical mysteries of long-dead historical figures.

Why do we bestow people’s names on volatile storms in the first place?

Today is National Handwriting Day, a time for acknowledging the history and influence of penmanship.

Eating meat may have allowed our ancestors to grow fruitful, multiply and spread across the planet, a new study suggests.

Find out more about the origins and evolution of the annual event.