Visitors driving through Pickaway Township, Ohio, often brake in shock at the local street signs.

In the spring of 2003, Microsoft embarked on a project that would test the limits of corporate marketing and basic sanitation.

Deep beneath the streets of major cities, massive, rock-hard obstructions are choking sewer systems and causing millions of dollars in damage.

On January 22, 1941, a group of young Washington, D.C. residents drove out to a remote cabin in the Maryland woods armed with axes, nails, a dressmaker’s dummy, and plenty of Jamaica rum.

On August 19, 1951, a man measuring exactly 3 feet 7 inches (109 cm) stepped up to home plate during a Major League Baseball game.

For over two centuries, accounts of soap manufactured from human body fat have horrified the public, sparking international scandals, wartime investigations, and modern art installations.

For decades, the idea of performance-enhancing drugs in a purely mental competition seemed absurd to the public and players alike.

Born into slavery in 1851, they were taken from their parents and sold into the grueling circus circuit.

In the late 1800s, tourists flocked to Florida for a brand new spectator sport that featured towering birds sprinting down dirt tracks at 45 mph (72 km/h).

Four military helicopters fire up their engines, lifting off with a classical musician strapped inside each cockpit.