Out of 433 national park units, Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site in Washington, D.C., is the least visited of them ...

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most famous pieces of art in the world. The 950-year-old, 230-foot chronicle of the Norman ...

Covered bridges are mostly prized for their old-timey charm today, but they once served a practical purpose.

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For all you red velvet cake lovers out there, I’m about to blow your mind: red velvet cake did not get its name from the bottle of food coloring you dump into the batter. I know. Contain yourself.

Next up is Minnesota. The state has the best support system for children, which is measured by such metrics as the number of child-care-focused establishments and children’s charities per capita. The ...

Cats come in tons of beautiful colors, with some of the rarest being the leopard-like rosette pattern or the purple-tinted ...

Lyon Gardiner Tyler was born in 1853 when his dad, John Tyler, was in his sixties. Lyon Tyler and his second wife had two ...

In hindsight, Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” the love theme from James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic, seems—like a certain boat—too big to fail. It’s a big emotional ballad sung with maximum power ...

Regardless of how you feel about the potential for alien life somewhere out there in the universe, UFO sightings are often ...

Edgar Wallace wanted to promote his first novel with more than just traditional ads—but his brilliant idea almost became his ...

“Certainly have the Black Ass today,” author Ernest Hemingway wrote in 1945. “Miss Mary so much it makes me sick ... So am being black-assed and temperamental.” Green’s Dictionary of Slang defines ...