A spooky German castle with its own pint-sized poltergeist has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site. The fairy-tale turrets of Schwerin Castle, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State, survived two world…
A Swiss pilot and explorer is attempting to set a new 10,000-metre flight record with a solar and electric plane, hoping to fly as high as commercial airliners. Pilot Raphael…
These astonishing pictures show police divers holding grenades in their hands while conducting a cleanup operation in a lake in Bosnia. In the snap, police officers from the Czech Republic…
A magnificent long-lost 900-year-old Crusader altar has been discovered hidden behind a stone slab covered in graffiti in Jerusalem, it has emerged. The marble altar was created by Christian crusaders…
Art experts restoring a cathedral's stained glass windows in Austria were astonished when a local identified five of his ancestors in the artwork. Art historians have been conducting a painstaking…
The oldest zoo in the world will welcome a new panda couple after extending its cooperation with China to keep protecting the rare animals for another decade. The Schoenbrunn Zoo…
A man who bought a painting at a local flea market for a few hundred pounds was stunned to learn it was the work of a famous artist and worth…
A Hungarian velvet jacket that once belonged to Empress Sisi has sold for GBP 52,000 at auction in Austria. The auction took place in Vienna on 11th June, and saw…
A Kazakh tourist is in trouble after he was caught carving his name, 'Ali,' on an ancient wall in Pompeii. The man was reportedly caught red-handed damaging one of the…
A woman said to be the oldest person ever in the world by officials in Brazil has celebrated her amazing 124th birthday. Amantina dos Santos Duvirgem, also known as Dona…