Michael Collins, the astronaut who took this photo, is the only human, alive or dead that isn’t in the frame of this picture, 1969

Even if you were born after this picture was taken, the materials you’re made from are still on the frame of this picture.…

The Weeping Frenchman: The Story Behind an Iconic Image, 1940

French people staring and waving at the French Army’s remaining troops leaving metropolitan France at Marseilles harbor, 1940. Frenchman crying as the flags…

A KKK child and a black State Trooper meet each other, 1992

“No one is born racist”. A white child and a black State Trooper during a KKK protest, 1992. The Trooper is black. Standing…

The Elephant’s Foot of the Chernobyl disaster, 1986

The Elephants Foot of the Chernobyl disaster. This disaster happened in1986, this picture was taken in 1996, once the radiation level was weakened.…

Photographs of Hitler’s triumphant tour of Paris, 1940

Adolf Hitler with other German officials walking in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, 1940. One day after France signed the armistice…

Shell shocked soldier, 1916

The eyes of madness. A shell shocked soldier in a trench during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette during the Somme Offensive in September 1916.…

Einstein sticking his tongue out, 1951

Albert Einstein sticks out his tongue when asked by photographers to smile on the occasion of his 72nd birthday on March 14, 1951.…

Private Heath Matthews waiting for medical attention after a raid on enemy positions during the Korean War, 1952

Private Heath Matthews (aged 20) of ‘C’ Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, awaits medical aid after a night patrol near Hill 166.…

The Story Behind the Iconic Photo of a Soldier Wearing a Hand-Lettered “War is Hell” Slogan on His Helmet during the Vietnam War in 1965

AP photojournalist Horst Faas took this iconic photo on June 18, 1965, during the Vietnam War with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Battalion on…

Political commissar Alexey Yeremenko leads his men into combat, he was killed minutes after this photo was taken, 1942

“Politruk” Alexey Yeremenko leads his men into combat, armed with a Tokarev TT-33. He was killed minutes after this photo was taken. Khorosheye,…

Meet The Skinwalker: A Creature So Horrifying That Native Americans Won’t Speak Its Name

What are Skinwalkers, the shapeshifting witches of Navajo lore, and are they actually real? Inside the mystery of these mythical beasts. The legend…

Inside Zzyzx, The Apocalyptic Ghost Town Along A Dead-End Road In The Middle Of The Mojave Desert

Zzyzx was founded by a con artist in the 1940s as a spa where he could peddle his quack remedies — and its…