Stories

On January 21, 1968, the Cold War turned literally freezing. High above the Arctic Circle, a United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress was on a secret mission.

Located in the Long Island Sound, roughly halfway between City Island and Hart Island, sits a jagged formation of bedrock known as Rat Island.

In the pristine white halls of the Trapholt Art Museum in Denmark, visitors in 2000 encountered a display that offered them a shocking power.

It seemed impossible that a painting worth more than most mansions could sit unnoticed behind a bedroom door for over three decades.

In 1974, the government of North Korea successfully executed one of the most audacious financial swindles in history against a neutral European nation.

In the spring of 1600, a battered Dutch vessel drifted aimlessly into the bay of Usuki on the island of Kyushu.

In the early 6th century, the city of Luoyang was dominated by a structure that defied the architectural limits of the ancient world.

In August 2007, a young girl visiting Jedidiah Island in British Columbia noticed a blue and white size 12 Adidas sneaker resting on the beach.

In a climate-controlled glass case at the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida, sits a handmade figure that demands a level of respect rarely accorded to inanimate objects.

In February 2013, a couple known only as John and Mary took their dog for a routine walk on their rural property in Trinity County, California. This simple activity led to the discovery of the largest known buried treasure in the history of the United States.