Stories

Secrets of the Deep: What Is the History of the Mary Celeste?

By Erin Wright, in Answers

6 Famous Musicians at the Center of Big Mysteries

By Kassandre Dwyer, in History

The Congolese Teen Exhibited in a US Zoo: Who Was Ota Benga?

By Scott Mclaughlan, in American History

What Is the Philosopher’s Stone?

By Scott Mclaughlan, in Answers

The History of Left-Handedness: Why Is This a Bias?

By Corinne Baltz, in History

How Did the Victorian Dead Body Trade Operate?

By Sarah Magowan, in Answers

What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?

By Greg Beyer, in Answers

Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?

By Scott Mclaughlan, in Answers

George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?

By Erin Wright, in Answers

How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?

By Sarah Magowan, in Answers

Who Invented the Ukulele?

By Scott Mclaughlan, in Answers

The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)

By Antonis Chaliakopoulos, in Ancient History

Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts

By Anastasiia Kirpalov, in Stories

Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?

By Michael Huffman, in Answers

The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?

By Erin Wright, in Answers

Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say

By Auryn Cox, in History

Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?

By Erin Wright, in Answers

The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute

By Anastasiia Kirpalov, in Stories

Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?

By Erin Wright, in Answers

Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?

By Erin Wright, in Answers

What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)

By Erin Wright, in Answers

Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections

By Madison Whipple, in American History

How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?

By Erin Wright, in Answers

What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames

By Alex Bird, in Collecting

Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?

By Scott Mclaughlan, in Answers

How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country

By Greg Beyer, in European History

10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time

By Greg Beyer, in History

A Brief History of Mount Everest

By Kassandre Dwyer, in History

What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?

By Erin Wright, in Answers

Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?

By Scott Mclaughlan, in Answers