Anyone who has walked in the woods in Maine has at one point come across a wall made of large rocks and stones. Maybe you’ve wondered, what is this doing in the middle of the forest?

When Alexander the Great marched into Egypt, he was hailed not as an invader but as a liberator — a foreign king crowned Pharaoh.

Explore the story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke on Roanoke Island—how a 1587 English settlement vanished, the carved clue “CROATOAN,” and fresh archaeological evidence suggesting the settlers may have joined local tribes rather than simply “disappearing.”

Everything in Central Park got there by considered choice, not by nature, and the park as we know it today is the result of a design competition held in the 1850s. From hidden through-roads to its calming bodies of water, join Michael as he walks you thro...

The Octagon might not be the best-known home in Washington, D.C.,

After decades hidden in a North Adams attic, a long-lost Jewish mural has been rediscovered, restored, and given new life at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts — preserving a vivid piece of immigrant and artistic history.

Peel back the layers of time in this two hour marathon from Cities of the Underworld.

In this five-minute animated video, journey back to the 6th-century BCE workshop of the Athenian master Andokides and witness an ancient artist’s moment of creative ingenuity. For generations Athenian vase painters had employed black-figure technique, in...

Explore how werewolves have evolved in folklore, literature, and pop culture throughout history, and where these stories originated.

Who was the 'Witch of York' Henry VIII wrote of in 1537? The answer might be a legendary woman known as Mother Shipton.

If you watch enough Charlie Brown specials, you learn the rules pretty quick: Snoopy only communicates through non-verbal vocalizations, you never see adults, and when adults are present, you only hear them as a muted trombone.

Before the plastic masks and trick-or-treating, before the pumpkins and candy, there was an ancient and sacred festival known as Samhain. For the Gaelic peoples of Ireland and Scotland, this was the most important night of the year, the moment the world t...

Sharswood; Exhuming Paved Over Black Cemeteries; Tulsa Race Massacre

In the heart of Burgundy, the small town of Cluny holds a secret. The abbey standing tall in the city center is a mere fragment of what the 11th-century Maior Ecclesia once was, the biggest church ever conceived at the time, a feat that was accomplished i...

Discover the story of James Hemings, Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved chef, and how he brought macaroni and cheese to America’s table.