Overcome with grief over the death of his wife, Dante Gabriel Rossetti placed the only copy of his poems in her coffin when she was buried. Seven years later, however, he claimed her spirit had come to him and told him to ...Read More

Boxers were named after their habit of playing. At the beginning of play with another dog, a Boxer will stand on his hind legs and bat at his opponent, appearing to "box" with his front paws.

Denver has the nation's largest city park system, with more than 200 parks within city limits and 20,000 acres of parks in the nearby mountains – an area larger than all of Manhattan Island.

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

Historians have long disputed whether Congress actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day....Read More

When Shirley Temple appeared in her first film, The Red-Haired Alibi, she was three years old.