In the summer of 2011, a deep-sea treasure hunt in the Gulf of Bothnia yielded an image that immediately captured global attention.

At 2:00 AM on August 1, 2016, a figure dressed as a sinister clown was photographed wandering a vacant parking lot in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

During the Easter weekend of 1964, two hostile youth factions clashed on the beaches of southern England, sparking an intense nationwide panic.

In less than sixty seconds, a hurricane-speed cloud of superheated gas and ash incinerated the Caribbean port of Saint-Pierre.

In April 1980, an unknown runner named Rosie Ruiz crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon, seemingly shattering records.

The planet Venus spins so slowly that a single day lasts longer than its entire orbit around the sun.

Long before modern mountaineers tackled the European Alps, a group of Spanish conquistadores accomplished a staggering alpine feat in North America.

Off the rugged coast of Galicia in northwestern Spain sits a building that looks entirely pulled from the sea.

Following the American Civil War in the 1860s, thousands of newly homeless veterans and impoverished migrant workers took to the tracks.

Seventeen-year-old Genia Melzer survived a mass execution by lying still atop a pile of bodies.