Tag: history

A 15-year-old named Rylee from Orlando, Florida, has caused quite a stir with two TikTok videos and a story of adventure that some are questioning. In September, she posted a ...

There's something about buried treasures that tantalizes people across the world. The bigger the potential haul, the more intrigued the would-be finders are -- and that certainly has held true ...

Sotheby's announced Thursday that it would be offering two very interesting pieces of history in the form of two tiaras believed to have been owned by Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoléon ...

You never know what you're going to find when you offer to help clean out someone's home. It's a terribly intimate thing to sift through an entire lifetime of belongings ...

When four men set out on an alligator hunt in the beginning of September, they had no idea that they'd make the catch of their lives -- in more ways ...

Many people dream to discover that some old bauble they have is actually worth loads of cash, that the heirloom passed down for generations is real or that something they ...

If you think you do interesting and specialized work, you need to meet brothers Colin and Sean Welch of Crater Locators. The two men are conflict archaeologists, and as their ...

Nearly everyone, religious or not, knows the story of how the Ten Commandments came to be. The biblical book of Exodus, in chapter 19, lays out the scene: Moses and ...

Iona College art history professor Tom Ruggio likes to visit churches from time to time. "I’m used to wandering into churches, and I find it very peaceful," he told Westchester ...

A 500-year-old estate passed down for generations. Hidden passageways, dark tunnels, forgotten rooms. Ancient names written in chalk. It all sounds a bit spooky because, well, it is -- but ...

The reach of social media is vast, a fact that has been used for both good and evil, for everything from charitable endeavors to videos of cats. There is power ...

In a world filled with chaos and bad news, a heartwarming Father's Day tale emerged from Michigan's waterways last month. Jennifer Dowker owns and operates Nautical North Family Adventures, a ...

Biden pulled the plug.