Indiana Jones may say that artifacts belong in museums, but he probably never encountered a whiskey bottle filled with pee or arsenic-laced ant poison. Now, two scientists are revealing the results of ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — County museums often do a good job of celebrating county history. "We are one of the oldest historical societies in the state," said Becky Mitchell, executive director of the ...

While on vacation in Sweden with his family, an 8-year-old boy spotted an unusual-looking object. He picked it up and kept walking. Only later did he realize he’d found an ancient Viking artifact.

June 18 (UPI) --A vase purchased for $3.99 at a Maryland thrift store turned out to be a nearly 2,000-year-old Mayan artifact. Anna Lee Dozier of Washington, said she was shopping at the 2A Thrift ...

Metal detecting at the home of a Confederate general led to discoveries we didn’t expect. Odd finds beneath the soil raised ...

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. It takes a creative eye to see the extraordinary in the ordinary. Highland Square artist Brian Shellito, 53, never knows what he’s going to find when he ...

Museums are sharing their most haunting artifacts, and the online challenge may just give you nightmares. From a “cursed” children’s toy to broken doll parts, bizarre items from around the world have ...

SAXTONS RIVER — With costumes, banners, swords, a coffin and other artifacts, the Saxtons River Historical Society has mounted a display that highlights the local Odd Fellows lodge from its beginnings ...

DICKINSON, N.D. - Josh Nichols laid his hand on the first of many hidden doors in the Dickinson Odd Fellows Lodge during recent construction efforts. Nichols, who is helping renovate the lodge, said ...