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For centuries, no one knew where the mysterious Turks of South Carolina came from, until modern DNA proved their oral traditions were right all along.

Discover Odd, West Virginia, a small community that is home to an intriguing family known as "America's Most Inbred Family." Find out who this family is and why they are known for their unusual family tree.

Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. For years, it was assumed that much of the original settlement had been lost to the James River—until now.

We once thought the Neanderthals to be more primitive than us Homo sapiens—now, these cave drawings are making scientists rethink that.

The Sauk people have a rich history—they even helped shape America into what it is today. Let's take a look at this tribe our history books failed to mention.

Archaeologists make ground-breaking discovery of ancient canoes hidden beneath a Wisconsin lake.

No one is perfect, and the same is true for the American states. While each one has some wonderful things about it, there are some—shall we say, not-so-wonderful things as well that bear mentioning. So, let's mention them...

Deep in Turkey lies a city that challenges almost everything we think we know about ancient technology. The Hittites left behind stone work that continues to baffle experts centuries later.

For years, researchers couldn’t pinpoint the exact location of New Albion, the colonial settlement that made America—until now.

Fads, by their very nature, seem to appear out of nowhere and disappear just as quickly. Some fads are harmless, silly, and quickly forgotten—but others become iconic symbols of an era.

For centuries, the Melungeons remained a riddle in the hills of Appalachia, neither Black, white, nor Native, yet labeled all three. Historians guessed. But the truth? It runs deeper than any census could capture.