Beatles fans flock to Liverpool from all over the world just to stand in the famous Penny Lane, though very few will know why it is called that.

Mar 21, 2007 - Brian Baker

When in 1793 hundreds of Hessian soldiers were sent to fight the French Republic, they had no idea of the horrors awaiting them at the hands of their British Allies.

Dec 26, 2009 - Jan Toms

The sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, entitled Love Never Dies, opened during March at the Adelphi Theatre on The Strand in London's West End theatreland.

Mar 14, 2010 - Leon Burakowski

All the ships traveling the Trans-Atlantic route came to be known as coffin ships even though some owners and their ships had an excellent record.

Feb 20, 2009 - Michael Durkin

The captain of the Costa Concordia has been severely criticized for allegedly leaving his ship; plenty of others have done the same thing.

Jan 24, 2012 - Rupert Taylor

First elected to Congress in 1952, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia died at the age of 92.

Jun 28, 2010 - Michael Streich

Ocean noise and harmful algal blooms eliminated as cause of death for 3 sub-adult blue whales. Large numbers of krill in ship channel full of fast boats cause fatalities.

Oct 17, 2007 - Dawn M. Smith

Twenty two British ships faced a Franco-Spanish fleet of thirty three at Cape Trafalgar in 1805 but only two are remembered in naval history - Victory and Temeraire

Mar 20, 2010 - Jan Toms

As the U.S. debates the future of a universal health care program, two deaths in 2008 that engendered shock and disbelief should be remembered for the pain they caused.

Jul 14, 2009 - Paul Hamilton

Edward Thatch, or Blackbeard the pirate, found more than gold bullion in the Caribbean. He found the perfect pirate ship.

Nov 4, 2010 - Jennifer Groepl

This summer, Canada will use new sophisticated technology to attempt to locate the two ships lost during Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition.

Jul 1, 2011 - Arthur Weinreb

Learn the facts about Titanic and how Titanic's history is being updated by an expedition to raise this sinking ship virtually.

Sep 6, 2010 - Ellie Stevenson

The Dash was commissioned in 1812 to privateer British ships during the war. She mysteriously disappeared, but her ghost has been sighted in the Atlantic.

Feb 25, 2010 - Jill Stefko

This article explores the episode of The London, a slave ship which sank off of Rapparee Cove, England in 1796 showing how the past can affect the present.

Sep 8, 2010 - David Hannah

Read about selected mythical beasts and legends. Could the creatures be cryptids, unknown mysterious animals? Is there any reality to the legends?

Aug 24, 2011 - Jack Timney

A look into the unconstitutional treatment of homosexual American citizens.

Oct 22, 2010 - Schquetta Hammond

Moravians came to America as missionaries, establishing religious communities and ministering to Native Americans at a time most colonists feared Indians.

Oct 16, 2010 - Michael Streich

Back then, some men were glad to pay good money to have their heads shaved and fitted with a perfumed wig, maybe with blue powder and a pink ribbon.

Jul 19, 2009 - Brian Deming

Childhood was very short in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the responsibilities of young adults in the American colonies were surprisingly heavy.

Jul 2, 2009 - P. Ryan Anthony

In 1770, when Philadelphia was the second richest city in the British Empire, status meant American-made silver and cabinetry. But fine china still had to be imported.

Nov 15, 2008 - Regina Kolbe