(Photo: Stefan)Lady Jane Stanely of Knutsford, Cheshire, UK, never married and was rather bitter about it. She sometimes saw couples walking next to each other down the sidewalks of her town and took it upon herself to e...

(Photo: Jason Thein)The islands are smiling at you!The left eye is named Mamutik. The right eye is named Sulug. The big grin is named Manukan. Together, these three islands in Malaysia are sometimes called the Smiley Isl...

(Image: Uwe Dedering)Bertrand “Bud” Gearhart (R-CA) was a member of the US House of Representatives from 1935-1949. In the early years of the Cold War, he was concerned about Soviet international ambitions, e...

(Photo via Library of Congress)From 1778 to 1782, Daniel Frederick Bakeman was a soldier in the Continental Army. On the final day of his life--April 5, 1869--he was the last surviving American veteran of the Revolutiona...

(Photo: Fanny Schertzer)So you want to be a supervillain. Good for you! It's important to have ambition. But you'll need more, such as a great name, a character hook, a costume, and some henchmen. Once you have those tak...

(Photo: Midway Sailor)This Douglas A-1 Skyraider operated by the US Navy is carrying a special bomb under its right wing. Do you see it?That's a toilet.In 1965, the aircraft carrier USS Midway was bombing Vietnam. VA-25,...

This photograph, which was taken 70 years ago today, is instantly recognizeable by any American.On February 19, 1945, United States Marines landed on the rocky volcanic island of Iwo Jima in the western Pacific Ocean. Th...

I had never thought of it, but it's true: President Franklin Pierce, drunk or sober, looks pretty sharp.43 men have been President of the United States. How effective were they? Nevermind. Here's a better question: how h...

(W Magazine/Raphael T. Harris/WorldRealEstate.it)Three small limestone islands off the Amalfi coast of Italy are known as La Galli or The Sirenusas (The Sirens). Tradition holds that it was here that Odysseus of Homer&rs...

(Photo: Begich Towers by Reed Young)In 1956, the US Army built this building as a barracks. The Army is gone now, but the town that grew up around the small base still lives there. Almost all of the residents of Whittier...