Flemish Baroque artist Anthonis van Dyck is reknowned for his portraits, which brought him great fame and fortune. He is seen as the best - and most ambitious - pupil of Peter Paul Rubens. His teacher was both a great role model for him and an almost over...

Fun Dip, originally known as Lik-M-Aid, has a sweet and colorful history that traces back to the 1940s when the Sunline brand first introduced the product. Lik-M-Aid was a unique powdered sugar candy mix packaged with a candy stick for dipping.

Crayola changed a few crayon color names that weren't politically correct. They retired many other color names that weren't popular.

Dig into what caused the Irish potato famine, and explore how the UK government’s response turned the crisis into a catastrophe.

Shocking discoveries on the Greek island of Crete could shed new light on the Minotaur – a ferocious half-man, half-bull monster.

If the story of food is the story of people, then the story of rice is the story of food. From the first agricultural "big bang" to the present day, following the path of this simple grass leads to the founding of cities, the construction of empires and t...

João Pestana is a mythical Portuguese figure, the personification of sleep. It is said that he spreads his magical dust that leads children into the world of dreams.

Seated high above the Rhine Valley in Germany is the 13th Century Castle Frankenstein.

Do you believe that your race correlates to your skin tone? Because that wasn’t always the case. So how did Americans come to believe that race equals certain visible physical characteristics such as skin color and hair? And why is it that certain ethnic...

Voltaire, pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (Nov 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778), was an 18th-century French Enlightenment philosopher, renowned for his wit and criticism of religious fanaticism and intolerance.

Join host Famous Fat Dave as he tries to unlock the mystery of Cinco de Mayo's most unusual food Mole Poblano.

Two centuries ago this ancient fabric was 26x more expensive than silk. It was worn by the Mughal Emperors, the Romans, Marie Antoinette and even Jane Austen wrote about it. For the last 200 years, no one has been able to make this fabric.

French Savant Pierre-François Bouchard finding the Rosetta Stone is just the beginning of unlocking the secret language of ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Along with the efforts of Thomas Young, a polymath, Jean-François Champollion a talented linguist, a...

Extra History takes you on a journey into the depths of secret societies. Starting with The Cult of Mithras which would later come to define other secret societies with their mysterious rituals, initiation rites, rank systems, and whispers of magic that s...

In central China, a vast underground mausoleum conceals a life-size terracotta army of cavalry, infantry, horses, chariots, weapons, administrators, acrobats, and musicians, all built to serve China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang Di, in the afterlife.