Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage, sponsored by Spain, mistakenly led him to the Americas instead of Asia. This initiated ...

Alexander the Great, Einstein, Mozart, Julius Caesar and Napoleon: Europe's past is full of ... Treasure Island popularised ...

Before the guns fired, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union struck a shocking secret deal to divide Poland and rewrite the map of Europe. Behind closed doors in 1939, diplomacy masked a ruthless plan of ...

My fascination with maps began during my grade school days when I became obsessed with reading historical fiction books and books about other countries. This led me to try to locate other countries ...

Historically inspired watchmakers' Kickstarter campaign enters its final week as fans support new timepiece that pays homage to one of the most important battles of WWII.

The first scientific evidence of the Black Death in Edinburgh has been discovered on the remains of a teenage boy who died in ...

Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old Australian, is the self-declared “president” of the “Free Republic of Verdis,” located on a patch of land in the Danube River between Croatia and Serbia.

In order to truly understand Ukraine, and particularly in wartime, it is necessary to look at the role of the extensive civil society that has emerged since the country's independence.

Stone Hill Winery stands as the grand dame of Hermann’s wine scene, perched majestically on a hill overlooking the town. Before Prohibition, this historic winery was the second-largest in the United ...

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park sits quietly in the Santa Ynez Mountains above Santa Barbara, a pocket-sized wonder that packs a historical punch far beyond its modest dimensions. The ...

Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.

Gruesome accounts from eastern Europe, collected in a scholarly work on the supernatural, detailed the methods used to detect and destroy vampires. The 1922 silent film Noseferatu, an unauthorized ...