In December 1900, the French Académie des Sciences offered a massive reward of 100,000 francs to anyone who could successfully communicate with a celestial body.

This small religious house, the Priory of the New Order of our Lady of Bethlehem, gradually transformed into Europe’s most infamous psychiatric institution.

Residents of Spruce Grove, Alberta, frequently witnessed an American bison riding shotgun in a modified sedan.

A small Japanese fishing village faced a massive 20-meter (66-foot) wave following a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in March 2011.

During the fourth quarter at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, the game suddenly halted when a man sprinted onto the field.

In 1907, a German apothecary named Julius Neubronner transformed the common homing pigeon into an advanced aerial surveillance tool.

A routine vehicle inspection in the state of Vermont uncovered an audacious prank hiding in plain sight on official law enforcement vehicles.

The complete story of Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142 involves deep river crossings, high-altitude military airlifts, and a permanent relocation to prevent further tragedies.

Millions of people travel to a specific ruined castle in Ireland just to bend backwards over a sheer drop and kiss a cold block of limestone.