New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

A new forensic analysis of the Shroud of Turin may have solved a centuries-old mystery surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus.

That’s the standard experience awaiting visitors at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – a kaleidoscopic shrine to all things peculiar and perplexing.

Ha Ha Tonka State Park in Camdenton, Missouri, is exactly that kind of face-slapper. The name alone deserves a moment of appreciation – Ha Ha Tonka. Go ahead, say it out loud.

The fading sunset seems to be turning these big bluestem seedheads into silhouettes, squeezing the coppers, reds and yellow ...