For people around the world, the Times Square Ball Drop on New Year’s Eve is a symbolic gesture to acknowledge the passage of ...

From gathering in Times Square to singing “Auld Lang Syne” at a bar to simply kissing at midnight, modern New Year’s Eve ...

While Betty White found some early success producing and starring in the live-action sitcom, Life With Elizabeth, during the ...

When a team of archaeologists discovered the remains of 57 people at an excavation site on the Greek island of Thasos, one ...

From hairstyles to music, nearly everything about the ’80s was louder and bolder than today — and that included holidays.

Archaeologists excavating in İzmir, Turkey unearthed the head of a Hellenistic statue believed to depict the Greek goddess ...

As the first president of the United States, George Washington is one of the most recognizable figures in American history.

While searching for the Rapid City, a ship that sank near Toronto in 1917, divers came across a promising wreck on the bottom ...

Aside from Easter, Christmas is perhaps Christianity’s most sacred date. As a celebration of Christ’s birth, the holiday is ...

Archaeologists have uncovered part of a 4,500-year-old Egyptian temple that was part of a complex built to honor the Sun god ...

English explorer William Scoresby kicked off the 19th century's Arctic craze when he became the new record holder for ...

Gary, Indiana was once a mecca for America's steel industry in mid-20th century. But decades later, it has become a desolate ghost town. Its declining population and abandoned buildings have lent it ...