Humans have been trying to get "to heaven" since ancient times. That's why a popular assertion that “size does not matter” ...

Tracee Metcalfe wouldn’t have considered herself a mountaineer at the beginning of it all. Growing up in the suburbs of L.A.

The City of Newport is a magnet for superlatives and firsts. It has the oldest continuously run tavern as well as the oldest ...

Often a runner-up in the Guinness Book of World Records, the Irish Wolfhound comes in second in comparison to the Great Dane.

Walt Disney World is supposed to be a place where people make memories that last a lifetime, but recently, the resort has ...

Kilian Jornet wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous United States. He gave himself a month to do it.

The seed for this world-record plant originally came from seasoned sunflower cultivator Burkhard Grendel of Germany, taken ...

Taking on all comers to his welterweight throne during his historic run, Terence Crawford did, however, fail to share the ring with a gigantic challenger. Making more history just a month ago, Terence ...

Who was the model for the face of liberty? Sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi had many inspirations, including this one woman.

The big picture: China has opened what is now the tallest bridge on Earth, a feat of engineering that rises more than 2,000 feet above a gorge in the country's southwest and marks the latest chapter ...

The 28-year-old New Yorker is thriving with Manchester United and appears to be the answer in goal for Emma Hayes in the post ...

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge opened to traffic for the first time on Sunday — and now claims to be the world’s tallest and largest span bridge in a mountainous area, according to Chinese state ...