Strange but true: If you are a doctor, one of the greatest honours to which you can aspire is to have a nightmarish disease named after you. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

From the Elvis Presley Weeping Willow, to the Ringling Brothers Live Oak, you can capture history in your own backyard.
Clara Barton Redbud is pictured. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Sixteen football-sized vertebrae belonging to a prehistoric whale dating back 5 million years ago were uncovered February 22 on the estate of Castello Banfi, in Montalcino, Tuscany. picked by Neiako 1 year ago

The U.S. Forest Service is looking for the "SpongeBob fanatics" who painted the cartoon character on the chimney of a historic building. picked by arsphidius 3 months ago

An infamous site in Colorado pioneer history will become a National Historic Site. The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Kiowa County will mark the location where 160 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians were killed in 1864. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A New York state employee who had access to government-owned archives has been arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of historic documents, many of which he sold on eBay, authorities said on Monday. picked by bevissimo 7 months ago

Squat, homely, dwarfed by the stately oaks and poplars nearby and unnoticed by the tourists passing in horse-drawn carriages, it's a tree that only birds and nut-hungry squirrels could love. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

This makes me sad :o( picked by murphyz 1 year ago

NINE irreplaceable historic cars, including the last Beetle built on the Volkswagen SA production line in 1978, were damaged beyond repair after a car carrier transporting them overturned while travelling from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. picked by beckinacea 2 years ago

If you're willing to wait a few years, you'll be able to sit in the shade of a weeping willow that is a descendant of a tree that once grew at Graceland in Memphis. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Historic tree, described by the explorers Lewis and Clark, was 200 feet tall and reportedly the largest Sitka spruce in the US, couldn't stand up to the severe weather this weekend. picked by suebe 9 months ago

The history of London Zoo revealed in images published online for the first time. Sweet and funny vintage photos. picked by kamaloo 10 months ago

It's no typo: The Boston Globe is so confident in a Patriots victory in the Super Bowl this Sunday, the newspaper is already offering advance sales of a book entitled "19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots." picked by SholoM22 7 months ago

Alex Rodriguez became the 22nd member of the prestigious 500 home run club on Saturday, slugging a three-run homer off Kyle Davies of the Kansas City Royals for the landmark blast. picked by sholom22 1 year ago

Sails to catch the Solar Wind has been a science-fiction staple for many years. The photons streaming from the sun do have a bit of pressure. It is tiny, but it adds up and in the vacuum of space it is sufficient to propel a vehicle. What's more the energy is free and unlimited. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Civet is a fundamental French perfume material, a historic girder of the industry and the quintessential scent of France. It happens to come, Guichard said pleasantly, “from the anal gland of the civet cat.” picked by misswinkle 9 months ago

Pics and history of this amazing historic asylum. What's left of the only building remaining is now part of a condo complex. picked by GroovyProdigy 5 months ago

Melting glaciers in Western Canada are revealing tree stumps up to 7,000 years old where the region's rivers of ice have retreated to a historic minimum, a geologist said today. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- The storms that have lashed Oregon's scenic coast this winter have dredged up an unusual array of secrets: old shipwrecks, historic cannons, ghost forests -- even strangely shaped iron deposits. picked by TchEngRox 6 months ago

2 of the original 6 playing at one of the most historic stadiums, can it get any better? picked by tacowallace 1 month ago