moored vessel in Yemen used as oil terminal

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip, shot at close range while being driven through Sarajevo…

Athenian tragic poet

For more than 35 years, the popular Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, attracted prominent visitors, but the inn's famous legacy is tied to the chocolate-chip cookie.

The Arabia Steamboat Museum is a unique Kansas City attraction: a time capsule of life on the American frontier in the mid-19th century, and the largest single collection of pre-Civil War artifacts in the world.

seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the collective Swiss head of state

Since most bottled water comes from municipal tap water sources, Americans are often paying for water that would otherwise be nearly free.

production of rare lustrous high-conductivity elements

The Murphy Bed was born of necessity—the inventor had a driving desire to hide his bed, so he could entertain his lady

American actor (1920-1985)

William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when…

mass resettlement of the Circassians, as well as Abazins and Ubykhs to the Ottoman Empire during and after the Caucasian War

Visitors to the National Museum of Nepal can moon over a set of well-traveled flags.

political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost policy reform

Nameberry identified some unusual choices.

Contrary to popular belief, men, not women, are overwhelmingly the victims of random street violence resulting in death. And although women are socialised to...