There was once a country where the national bank was relocated to a single bedroom, where wearing spectacles could lead to a death sentence, and where the word “intellectual” was physically erased from the national vocabulary.

In 2007, a team of archaeologists working in a small Italian village uncovered a 6,000-year-old burial site that immediately captured global attention.

In the early twentieth century, an extreme performer looked death in the eye twice and walked away.

This installation, named Kryptos, contains thousands of carved letters forming four distinct cryptographic puzzles.

Following the War of 1812, the United States government authorized the construction of a massive stone fortification on the shores of Lake Champlain.

During a routine work detail in a public cemetery in Polk County, Georgia, a lone deputy sheriff suddenly collapsed face-first onto the ground.

During the height of World War II, American soldiers landing on heavily fortified beaches and securing classified enemy bunkers kept discovering the exact same strange graffiti.

During the turbulent 12th century in Suffolk, England, field workers stumbled upon a sight that defied explanation.

During the 1930s, the German government launched a massive propaganda campaign to promote their physical ideal.

Brandon Lee, the son of martial artist Bruce Lee, was starring as Eric Draven in the action film The Crow.