Adventurers

They invented the world’s first successful airplane—but what you don’t know about the Wright Brothers will shock you.

Grace O’Malley was an infamous Pirate Queen who ruled the Irish seas—but few people know about her even darker history.

Julie Andrews is iconic in The Sound of Music—but the film left out the single darkest detail about the real Maria von Trapp.

Before he was a famous explorer, Sir Francis Drake was involved in one of the most horrific massacres of the entire Elizabethan era.

Ragnar Lothbrok was a Viking legend—But his story is more disturbing than people think.

From her perverse bedroom exploits to her chilling punishments, the pirate queen Ching Shih had one of the most dramatic lives in history.