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Since 2005, workers have carried out grueling—and often, life-threatening—physical labor to see the World Wonder restored to tiptop shape.

A newly unearthed photograph from 1937 appears to depict Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan.

Is the secret to building an unsinkable aircraft carrier hiding in your ice cube tray?

According to popular lore, when looking for places to funnel his unlawfully obtained money, American gangster Al Capone gravitated toward laundromats.

In the 1st century CE, Pliny the Elder wrote that Roman seawalls grew "every day stronger." Turns out he was right.

These flags have survived wars, expeditions, surrenders—and the test of time.

Bristol, Rhode Island covers only about 10 square miles of the country's terrain, but it's home to one of America's most storied Independence Day celebrations.

It took him six attempts to complete the trip, and he celebrated with Bud Light.

Poutine—a staple of Canadian comfort cuisine—is comprised of a holy-hoser trinity of ingredients: French fries, cheese curds, and gravy.

George Washington's famous hairdo was not a wig, Benjamin Franklin liked to walk around nude, and 48 other facts no true patriot would want to miss.

Leonardo was a polymath, and the very definition of a Renaissance man. He also had beef with Michelangelo.

The McLean, Virginia home isn't too far from Washington, D.C.