history

As many times as I've traveled Verot School Road, it's never dawned on me that it doesn't lead to an actual school. I mean, the road is named after a school, but where the heck is Verot School, or rather where was Verot School?

You see these everyday, probably without realizing just how old they are.

What better way to send love from Lafayette than with a handmade greeting card of some of the city's most historical buildings.

Sometimes when I have friends visiting from out-of-town I have to stop and think when they ask the question, "Why do y'all make these?"

The Pew Research Center Polled 2,000 Americans inquiring what they regard as the most historically significant event of their lifetime...

The rest of the country can have their counties, we'll keep rolling with our parishes. We have 64 parishes in Louisiana, but do you know what the very first ones were?

You know it's Labor Day Weekend but do you know how this holiday came to be?

This dude trips and catches himself...on a painting that is 350 years old, and worth a whole lotta money!

The story of early settlers at Roanoke Island vanishing with only one trace has been a mystery for over 400 years. It MAY have been found, though!

Back in 1910, there was a meat shortage in the US. They tried to import hippopotamuses (or hippopotami) into the Louisiana swamps in order to use them for food!

Spanish archeologists working in Egypt believe they may have found the earliest known image of Jesus Christ. The image is drawn on a wall in a tomb believed to be the final resting place of a scribe and several priests.

Alfred Hitchcock serving tea to Leo the Lion (the mascot for the Hollywood film studio MGM), 1957 There have obviously been some extremely important photographs taken throughout history. Some being very iconic. Then there are some that caught some parts of history that are important, but many people haven't seen them. These are those pictures.

Yahoo! News has a segment called 'Who Knew'. They focused this time on facts about US history that a surprisingly large number of people didn't know. What is Christopher Columbus known for? Can you name the first four US Presidents in order? Watch the video for answers to those questions and more, and to see how many Americans didn't know the answers.

Archaeologists working in an ancient church in Turkey think they have found a piece of the cross used to crucify Jesus Christ.

The world's oldest calendar has been discovered and is approximately 5,000 years older than the previous "oldest calendar". It is thought that it may show when humans developed the concept of time. Keep reading to see exactly how old is it, where they found it and more.

There's probably more you don't know than actually do know about Mexico, but one thing you probably thought you knew is that the name of the country is Mexico. You would be wrong! Keep reading to find out what the actual name is and why they want to change it's name.

If you weren't aware, the current referees for the NFL are in a lockout due to pay and other contractual issues. So, that brings in the replacements. Last night at the Hall of Fame game where the Saints took on the Cardinals, they used replacement referees. And that'll continue until the lockout ends. Why this is different than the times before, is one of the replacement referees is the first fema

There are those infamous gangsters like Al Capone that everyone has heard of. He's been portrayed several times on the big screen. There's also lesser known gangsters that have been portrayed in famous movies. Some of the gangsters portrayed in Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, The Departed and many more have been based on real people, some of them using their actual names. Check out these pics of infamo

This story is strange...and AWESOME! But is it the strangest coincidence ever recorded?

About a month before the start of Word War II, Mahatma Ghandi wrote a letter to is 'dear friend' Adolf Hitler urging him not to start the war that we all now know the outcome. This is an interesting insight into some history.