The Oldest Schools in Each Country
These institutions of higher learning have been around for centuries—in some cases, even a millennium.
These institutions of higher learning have been around for centuries—in some cases, even a millennium.
The vending machine, which lives in a barber shop, is full of brightly colored yarn skeins created by a local crochet designer.
The glazed doughnut is the time-tested favorite in more than a dozen states, but the zeitgeisty cronut could soon take the lead.
The 40-foot-tall sculpture is covered in flowers and changes with the seasons. Now it's changing with a pandemic.
Kate Rubins cast her ballot from the International Space Station with the help of a county clerk and a nifty technology known as the PDF.
Homicidal clown Pennywise's sartorial choices are up for bid at a major Hollywood auction that also includes the original Chestburster prop from 1979's 'Alien.'
Many of Jack Kerouac's novels drew details from his own life. Here's what you need to know about the author of 'On the Road.'
From FDR’s modest Lincoln to Obama’s massive Ground Force One, here’s how the president’s car has changed over the years.
Depending on which survey you’re looking at, candy corn is either the best or the worst Halloween candy ever created. Either way, here’s how it came to be.
'American Murder: The Family Next Door,' Netflix’s true crime documentary, tells the tragic story of Chris Watts, a Colorado man who murdered his then-pregnant wife and their two young girls.
“I was ready to pack the whole thing in if they didn’t let us do this show … Fortunately, they didn’t say a word. I was shocked,” David said.
'Cat People' made millions for RKO Pictures and subversively revolutionized the horror genre. Here are 11 facts about this hair-raising classic.
Whether you’ve seen a northern lights show in Alaska, Iceland, or not at all, you’re eligible to suggest they name the next storm after your dog.
Helen Pfeil thought some kids were much too old for treats, so she played a nasty trick on them instead.
The tradition of judges wearing black robes goes back centuries, but the meaning behind it is as timely as ever.
Filmmakers have been making movies about vampires almost since the inception of motion pictures, and our public fascination with these creatures of the night has not yet dimmed. Here are 25 of the best of them.
Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle but spent much of his childhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, where his grandparents lived in Hogan's Alley—a historical Black neighborhood that was lost to time and urban renewal.
The Constitution never specified a number of Supreme Court justices, and it’s fluctuated quite a lot over the years.
What could be scarier than driving down a dark road at night? Driving down one of these dark roads at night. If any of the below roads—compiled by Commercial Truck Trader—pop up on your GPS this spooky season, consider finding an alternate route.
No need to run to McDonald's to find out that the ice cream machine is busted. A new website tracks the availability of its deliciousness in real time.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows has long promoted goodwill among all, but its disbanded lodges had a habit of leaving behind human remains for the new occupants to discover.
The practice of trick or treating didn't appear in North America until the 1930s, when kids started emulating front-page criminals and used principles of extortion and racketeering to demand candy—or else.
Target locations around the country will become “Boo Avenues,” a less germy way to celebrate the holiday.
Before Vladimir Nabokov gained fame for ‘Lolita,’ he helped hone the writing skills of a future Supreme Court icon.