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In 1449, a Toledo edict made racial discrimination legal.

Every New Years Day since 1955, a Chicago car club has hosted a scavenger hunt about finding the city's secrets.

From the gold-laden to the practical, a chamber pot for every person who never knew they needed one.

Artist Olga Skorokhod carves shapes into paper to create artistic cartography.

James Barry's gender identity was a military secret for nearly a century.

No job is safe from automation.

And if not, what's that thing hopping in the distance?

It's surprisingly warm down there.

Weather is important.

To them, Jesus is not the reason for the season.

Organizers cancelled after the first day.

For wolf experts, "elicited howling surveys" involve fearlessly imitating what they aim to study.

The sweet stuff was apparently his hidden weakness.

Otherwise known as a "fart egg."

Selections from 128 years of "National Geographic" magazine's best charts, maps and diagrams.

You can take a shower in NYC today because the city sank a few hamlets.

Here is your nightmare fuel, forever.

The ingenious maps played a role in some 750 successful escapes.