Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who defeated the Aztec Empire and colonized large parts of Mexico, dies of pleurisy. 1697: ...

Travel startups have raised nearly $1 billion so far in November. That includes 17 that raised nearly $636 million in the ...

An in-depth look at the inner workings of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas ...

Matteo Colombo/DigitalVision/Getty Images Unless you’re dead-set on skiing in the Bavarian alps of immersing yourself in the ...

NORTH VERNON — Brooklynn Renn scored 30 points to lead Class 3A No. 2 Silver Creek to a 59-47 win at No. 10 Jennings County ...

Switzerland is a country where natural beauty and efficient, comfortable train travel go hand in hand. Nowhere is this more ...

Switzerland Point Middle School is a public school located in Saint Johns, FL, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Switzerland Point Middle School is 1,430 and the school ...

Dahti Tsetso is excited to see if her children and others across the North grow up to be Guardians one day. The prospect is more likely now, thanks to the announcement Thursday of a financing ...

This includes this graph that shows the movement of the slope over recent years:- Movement of the slope at Brienz in Switzerland. Image from a presentation posted to Youtube. The movement rates ...

Due to tectonic shifts in the Ice Age, the Rhine River was forced into a new riverbed over 15,000 years ago. The Rhine Falls came into being at the transition point where hard chalk turned into soft ...

A Scottish man has landed his "dream job" as a lighthouse keeper on a remote Australian island. Sandy Duthie, 42, jumped at the chance when the previous lighthouse keeper decided to retire after ...