Architecture gets interesting once rules start feeling optional. Big risks and strange choices helped American cities grow personalities, stir opinions, and leave behind buildings that feel more like statements than shelter for decades to come.

Lakes respond quietly to the places around them. Light alters their color, shorelines shift with terrain, and distance changes how space feels. Across the country, these waters shape scenery and mood in ways that remain consistent even as regions differ.

For years, archaeologists have wondered why sections of fingers are missing from prehistoric painted hand stencils in European caves. A new theory offers one disturbing explanation.

Of course we have to recognize that there are a multitude of factors, both social and economic, that effect IQ scores. But, with that being said, these are a ranking of all 50 states based solely on Average IQ.

Christmas is supposed to be cozy, joyful, and full of cinnamon-scented harmony…yet every year, the same arguments erupt in living rooms and neighborhoods around the world. Families swear their holiday “rules” are the only correct way—and they’re convinced everyone else is doing Christmas wrong. What side of these Xmas fences do you come down on?

For a long time, historians relied on Roman artwork and dramatic ancient texts to understand how wild animals were used in public spectacles. Bears, lions, and other predators appeared constantly in mosaics and writings—but there was always a lingering question about how literal those depictions really were. Were they exaggerated for effect, or did these events truly happen as described? A battered brown bear skull found in present-day Serbia has finally answered that question.