HistoryVerse

16/03/2024

In Wales’ beautiful Wye Valley, electricians have stumbled onto a network of unmapped tunnels that could lead to some incredible revelations about history...

13/03/2024

Vintage Photos That Are Making Us Nostalgic For The Good Ol' Days

The fashion. The food. The hairstyles. The stars. Some say it was all better back in the day. There was no internet, no cellphones, no 24-hour news channels and no distractions. Life was, arguably, much more straightforward. And while it may seem as if the 1960s and '70s were another lifetime ago, t...

06/03/2024

Legendary actors Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland had electric on-screen chemistry, but it was always unclear if that energy carried over off-set. Incredibly, Mickey Rooney gave the answer before his passing.

05/03/2024

Artist Ralph Heimans felt his portrait of Prince Philip had to be special, so he embedded a trove of symbols that may not align with the public's vision.

Remarkably meaningful details are hidden in Prince Philip’s final portrait, the artist has revealed

02/03/2024

Norman’s Cay in the Bahamas might look like paradise, but it has a dark past filled with illegal activity, best "memorialized" by one sunken airplane.

28/02/2024

The Real-Life Shipwreck That Inspired A Hit 1970s Folk Song

In light of singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot’s recent passing, experts are revisiting the actual events behind his hit song: ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,' which has a wild history that went right over most people's heads for decades.

21/02/2024

The Strange Connection Between A Golden-Age Star And The Rubik’s Cube

In 1974, Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik was trying to find a way to explain 3D movement to his students. After messing with handmade blocks for months, he finally made the now-famous Rubik's Cube. But it was one Golden Age star that helped make it a global phenomenon.

20/02/2024

A local at Daugavgriva beach came across wood jutting out of the sand before learning that it was an invaluable remnant of the Crimean War that has experts thrilled.

17/02/2024

Incredible Photos Of Elton John Through The Years

Elton John's career has spanned over five decades, and during that time the 'Rocketman' has reinvented himself countless times. These rare photos span the iconic rocker's lifetime in the spotlight and showcase a side to the man that even die-hard fans haven't been introduced to.

14/02/2024

Charles Wasn’t The Only Prince Of Wales Who Waited Decades For His Crown

As the longest-serving Prince of Wales, Charles III is used to waiting, but he's not the only one.

07/02/2024

From flappers to early automobiles, these rare photographs from the 1920s are giving us an up close look at the less-talked-about side of life in the 1920s.

06/02/2024

The Most Famous Heroic Folklore Figure From Each Of The 50 States

A 1946 map made by artist William Gropper shows the United States and the most well-known heroic figure from every region in the country. From Paul Bunyan and Babe the blue ox to Big Foot Wallace, these regional figures are a source of pride and nostalgia from sea to shining sea.

03/02/2024

Princess Margaret Abandoned True Love Because Of The Rules Of The Monarchy

As a beautiful young woman, the Queen’s sister Princess Margaret turned many heads. But as it came to following her heart with a man named Peter Townsend, she was faced with an impossible choice.

31/01/2024

As the water levels of Lake Mead continue to recede, some unfathomable "items" are coming to the surface, leading authorities to re-open decades-old cases.

24/01/2024

Closer Inspection Of A Famous Painting Is Forcing Experts To Rethink Everything

Quentin Matsys' painting 'An Old Woman,' more popularly known as 'The Ugly Duchess,' stumped art historians for centuries with its strange depiction of an elderly woman, but recently officials have uncovered the real story behind the artwork.

23/01/2024

Meet Lionel Dahmer: The Man Who Raised A Monster

After Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 15 life sentences for his brutal crimes, his father, Lionel Dahmer, was left searching for answers about his role in raising a monster. He later spoke out about the red flags he missed to warn other parents, and now experts have examined the events that may have...

20/01/2024

Experts uncovered ancient teeth in a mass burial in modern-day Kyrgyzstan, central Asia that provides interesting details to the origin of the deadliest plague in Earth's history, and it isn't exactly what most experts had suspected to find.

17/01/2024

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin's Rat Pack was the most cool show business gang of the 1960s, but most of their wild stories have been kept under wraps by the people closest to them until now.

10/01/2024

Myths About The Titanic That People Probably Always Thought Were True

The tale of the Titanic has been repeated so many times that much of the story has been replaced by fiction. Here, we break down 20 of the most common misconceptions and set the record straight.

09/01/2024

It all fell apart for Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young after a problematic band member refused to keep quiet. Now Graham Nash is opening up about their longstanding feud.

03/01/2024

Bruce Springsteen Made A Decision About The Vietnam War Draft That He Deeply Regrets

Like with many young men of the era, Bruce Springsteen's draft card got called in the 1970s, but he went to a considerable effort to avoid being sent abroad. His mixed feelings about that decision have stayed with him in the years since and inspired some of his most beloved work.

27/12/2023

Some big shakeups are in store for the rest of the royal family now that Charles has taken over the throne, particularly for Will and Kate and their kids.

20/12/2023

Families all over the country struggled to get by during the Great Depression, but for those living in the Dust Bowl, meals consisted of whatever food they could scrounge to survive, from strange gelatin concoctions to actual dandelions.

13/12/2023

Like many people, Brett Underwood's lifelong dream was to own his own little piece of heaven, but his intentions weren't like any other homesteader we'd heard of...

12/12/2023

Hilarious Arguments People Used To Divorce In The Early 20th Century

These news reports prove that some marriages ended in the early 20th century for some pretty ridiculous reasons.

09/12/2023

Eighty years after Pearl Harbor, DNA tests have solved the puzzle of a missing sailor's fate. Now Officer Vernon Luke's family is coming forward with the wild story.

06/12/2023

Nobody Believed This Woman Was A Titanic Survivor, But After Her Death The Truth Was Revealed

Berthe Antonine Mayné entertained her family with claims of having survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, but they didn’t really believe her. Only years later after Berthe had passed away did they learn the wild reality she’d been harboring in her memories all along.

29/11/2023

Before Elvis Presley was stealing hearts on stage, he had humble beginnings that he kept from fans for a long time. Now, photos of The King's early days have made it to the internet and some fans are losing it.

28/11/2023

The U.S. Air Force spotted UFOs during WWII but went to great lengths to deny they were anything unusual. Decades later, however, their actual purpose is becoming clear.