Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient ...

The nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering ...

After almost two decades since Peter Parker and Mary Jane sold their marriage to Mephisto, the two characters may finally be ...

Now well over 800 years old, the Codex Gigas is one of the most impressive artifacts from the Medieval period of Europe.

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

Every fall, we publish our Best of Dallas issue, the Observer’s biggest print edition of the year. In those pages, we ...