Located about 45 miles south of San Francisco, San Jose was the first nonreligious community founded in California. Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe was settled in 1777 by enterprising farmers who wanted to make themselves ...Read More

The collection of antique dog collars at the popular tourist site of Leeds Castle, four miles east of Maidstone in England, spans five centuries and is the most comprehensive collection of its kind in the world. The ...Read More

The hottest day ever in Canada was July 5, 1937 when the mercury soared to 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in Midale and Yellowgrass, Saskatchewan. But that's downright chilly compared to the United States where the ...Read More

The groom's cake dates back to the mid-19th century. At that time, the traditional wedding cake had evolved from a popular single-layer fruitcake into a stacked pound-cake shaped like a church steeple. But guests still ...Read More

Fogs over the seas on the Grand Banks, Newfoundland, Canada, can last for weeks on end. These are the longest-enduring fogs recorded in the world.

The average life span of London residents in the middle of the 19th century was 27 years. For members of the working class, that number dropped to 22 years.