The wreck of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese treasure ship seized by pirates in 1721, has been identified near ...

Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called ...

Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

What happened on this day in history: India gains its independence from the United Kingdom, the first day of the Woodstock music festival begins, and more events from August 15th.

Established in 1931, the Five Families of the Italian-American Mafia in New York City consist of the Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese, Bonanno, and Colombo families.

The Astor family was one of the wealthiest and most powerful American dynasties in the 19th and 20th centuries.

A fertility deity honored by the Hopi and other Southwestern Native American cultures, Kokopelli is depicted as a fun-loving, musically talented prankster god.

After 74 years, the Soviet Union collapsed and broke into 15 countries on December 25, 1991, when Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president following years of internal conflict.

In 927, Athelstan became the first king of England after successfully uniting the Anglo-Saxon and Viking kingdoms in England.