Quinn Mercer articles

A California scientist spotted something strange in a creek and discovered an exceptionally preserved mastodon tooth estimated to be at least 10,000 years old, revealing clues about the Ice Age.

Explore the most mysterious place in every Canadian province, from UFO sightings and lake monsters to phantom ships, lost treasure, twisted forests, and unexplained events across Canada.

Frankenmuth looks like the sort of place someone dreamed up for tourists, complete with timbered buildings, German restaurants, a glockenspiel, and Christmas decorations practically everywhere. But the Bavarian connection came first.

Some legends begin with a real tragedy. Others start with a strange sighting, a newspaper story, or one person insisting they heard something in the woods. In Canada, those stories have produced some genuinely creepy folklore, and a few get stranger the more closely you look at them.

New York hiking is about much more than the Adirondacks. Upstate trails lead behind waterfalls, through narrow gorges, across bare mountain ridges, and onto summits where the forest seems to continue forever.

Plenty of historic hotels have creaky floors and strange noises after midnight. These places have something more: guests who swear someone stood beside their bed, elevators that choose their own floors, phantom children running through hallways, and figures that disappear the moment they're approached.

Scientists studying ancient teeth from Sulawesi, Indonesia, found evidence that humans were habitually using mind-altering plant up to 25,000 years ago.

New evidence shows Tasmanian devils lived alongside humans in Australia 45,000 years ago, scavenging butchered animal remains and possibly acting as natural cleanup crews around ancient camps.