Between 2011 and 2012, a criminal network operating out of a quiet Canadian warehouse pulled off one of the most lucrative agricultural thefts in history.

In the late 1990s, a massive influx of cash transformed the economy of a small island nation in the Pacific. To manage this sudden wealth, the monarch turned to an American financial advisor with an unusual proposition.

In northwestern Spain, where Castilla y León meets Galicia, vibrant green mountains are slashed by towering cliffs of bright orange rock.

In the early 14th century, a deeply indebted European monarch found a ruthless solution to his financial ruin.

In 1968, a wealthy entrepreneur looked at a stretch of barren Arizona desert and decided it needed a bridge.

Deep in the Pacific Ocean, a tiny, uninhabited coral reef sits just above the water line.

In the summer of 2013, the streets of London’s financial district suddenly became dangerously hot.

Located about 180 kilometers (112 miles) from Bangalore in the dry landscape of Andhra Pradesh, India, a sprawling canopy stretches across 19,107 square meters (4.72 acres) of land.

In the late nineteenth century, a young deaf woman walked into the Harvard College Observatory and changed how scientists map the night sky.

In February 1896, a prominent French physicist locked a photographic plate and some uranium-heavy rocks inside a pitch-black desk drawer.