American as apple pie? Not quite. Burgers? Germany’s claim to fame. Hot dogs? Same. It may burst your patriotic bubble but many of these so-called ‘American icon foods’ actually predate Christopher ...

Pantomime pageantry and Satanic provocation is all well and good, but there’s deeper, more subversive purpose in Ghost’s ...

The gift shop sells some of the weirdest souvenirs in Pennsylvania. Plush microbes and brain-shaped stress balls make perfect gifts for your brave friends. This museum isn’t for everyone. But if ...

Medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer twice made references to an early work featuring a Germanic mythological character named Wade. Only three lines survive, discovered buried in a sermon by a late 19th ...

In July, the southern German city of Ulm transforms its river into a dramatic stage where costumed jousters in boats vie for ...

A recent archaeological dig in western Germany revealed a Roman-era settlement with 750 artifacts, including a unique burial ...

The Nazis’ obsession with European art should be understood as central to Hitler’s genocidal regime and its efforts toward global domination.

A man from Australia has been charged with "malicious mischief" for allegedly smashing a glass case holding the Stone of ...

UNESCO has reviewed the applications of several new World Heritage sites, adding the Carnac Megaliths in France, the Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the Minoan Palatial Centres in Crete, ...

Digging up Belgium’s DNA: World’s largest study on medieval cemetery Skeletons, black death and migration: the discovery of thousands of skeletons in Sint Truiden has uncovered centuries of Belgian ...