When temperance advocates won the ban on absinthe in 1915, many of them saw it as the first step in a broader anti-drinking campaign.

Why did Pope Stephen VI go to such great lengths to destroy an enemy who was already dead?

Animal trials were of two kinds: (1) secular suits against individual creatures; and (2) ecclesiastic cases against groups of vermin.

White supremacists have declared themselves in danger of losing essential rights. It's the kind of argument racists have been making for a long time.

Learn more about Cheng I Sao, a female pirate who dominated the coast of the Kwangtung Province between 1795-1810.

Picasso's "Femmes d'Alger" is set to take the record for most expensive painting ever sold.