Elaine Parent, a notorious con artist and murderer, operated for decades in the United States and England using more than 20 stolen identities. She began her career as a legitimate real estate agent ...

Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it ...

Located in the southeast of Iran, the Lut Desert (Dasht-e Lut) spreads across 5 million acres. Its name is Persian and describes a place without water or vegetation. And the name is apt — Lut is the ...

Planet Earth is defined by astonishing extremes, from the deepest part of the ocean to the world’s highest peak. It’s a planet where everything from flora and fauna to terrain and temperature can vary ...

South America is filled with hot climates, but it was Argentina that became the continent’s hottest place in 1905. It was then that the city of Comodoro Rivadavia set a record when temperatures ...

In January 1960, the tiny Australian town of Oodnadatta smashed national records when it recorded a temperature of 123 degrees Fahrenheit (a record later matched by the town of Onslow in 2022).

Turbat, located in the southwest of the Balochistan region in Pakistan, and perched along the Kech River, is not only considered one of the hottest places in Pakistan, it’s also considered one of the ...

Claude Monet’s painting Charing Cross Bridge depicts London’s cityscape shrouded in a yellow haze. In 1949, an American literary agent named Emery Reves gifted the painting to former prime minister ...

In 2018, temperatures in Ouargla, Algeria soared to a record-breaking 124 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the city’s official record, though an even higher — though disputed — temperature of 128 degrees ...

One ancient legend holds that the Huoyan Mountains of China, better known as the “Flaming Mountains,” were created when a Monkey King knocked over a kiln of the gods and spilled embers from the ...

Before Death Valley became known as the hottest place on Earth, that record belonged to the small town of El Azizia, Libya. On September 13, 1922, a temperature of 136.4 Fahrenheit was recorded at an ...

Last but certainly not least — nor coolest — Kebili, Tunisia is considered the hottest place in Africa. It set a record back in 1931, when temperatures soared to 131 degrees Fahrenheit, landing Kebili ...