Although many in the modern day associate the Soviet Union with Russia, it was one of the world’s largest multi-ethnic states, comprised of 15 republics. The Soviet Union’s first census, conducted in ...

Military facilities have existed at Montauk since 1796, when the Montauk Lighthouse became operational and its personnel began looking out for British ships that might attack New York or Boston. The ...

Join us for the History Uncovered podcast, where we explore the uncharted corners of the natural world and the world past. Each Wednesday, we take a deep dive into a topic we haven’t been able to stop ...

In 1991, the Bonanno family regained their seat on the Commission when Massino was appointed boss following Rastelli’s death. Massino took an isolationist approach to running the family, shutting down ...

With the Titans vanquished, the rule of the 12 Olympians began. Zeus and his brothers, Poseidon and Hades, divided control of the universe among them. Hades took control of the underworld, Poseidon ...

Linda Napolitano was a typical housewife living in Manhattan with her husband and two children. But everything changed on Nov. 30, 1989, when she claims three gray bipedal creatures abducted her from ...

But as fate would have it, Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, would never reach the frozen continent. Shackleton’s expedition failed — and yet the story of how his men survived on the ice for 497 days ...

Other interesting people who were also inventors include Jack Parsons, the occultist who invented rocket fuel; Martin Couney, the sideshow performer whose exhibit saved hundreds of premature babies; ...

They also developed cuneiform, one of the earliest known systems of writing in human history. In addition, they came up with a method of keeping time — which modern people still use to this day. But ...

Discover the most enthralling mythical creatures from folklore and fairy tales — and learn about the legends that inspired them. Fantastical creatures have captured the human imagination since the ...

Though the Kraken has long been a fixture in Scandinavian lore, one of the first descriptions of the beast in writing came from Francesco Negri. An Italian priest and travel writer, Negri described ...

Most historians agree that Plato used the story of the lost city of Atlantis as a cautionary tale, an entirely fabricated allegory illustrating how easily a utopian society could fall from grace.