The Crocker Land Expedition of 1913 set out from New York to conquer a newly discovered landmass at the top of the globe.

For decades, international media outlets shared a heartwarming and staggering story about a German Shepherd named Gunther VI.

In 1992, the government of Singapore enacted one of the most famous and highly specific regulations in modern history by outlawing the sale and importation of chewing gum.

Jackie wore a custom uniform, carried a paybook, and achieved the official rank of Corporal in the 3rd South African Infantry Regiment.

Allied planners realized they needed a way to blow a tank-sized hole straight through the concrete defences to allow invading troops to pass with minimum losses.

The history of the twentieth century contains a remarkably unusual occurrence involving a Jewish doctor and the leader of the Third Reich.

Two stranded men spent over two years alone in the frozen environments of northern Greenland.

In the remote mountains of Japan sits a hotel that first opened its doors more than thirteen centuries ago.

Deep within the freezing, mountainous taiga of northern Mongolia, a tiny group of semi-nomadic herders survives by riding and living entirely alongside domesticated reindeer.