John Wilkes Booth hated Abraham Lincoln due to his stance on slavery. Ironically, Booth's fiancee, Lucy Hale, was the daughter of a high-profile abolitionist senator.

When famous pilot Steve Fossett crashed into a mountain, it appeared he'd lost control of his plane. One team of scientists set out to test that theory in a cutting-edge wind tunnel facility.

The elephant is Thailand's national symbol and can navigate the countryside with ease. Former workers in the logging industry, these giant animals now give tours of beautiful Ko Samui to adventurous travelers.

Hundreds of supposed Bigfoot footprints uncovered in the Pacific Northwest have been used as proof of the mythical creature's existence. That habitat is also shared by many bears.

Pink Beach takes its name from the color of the crushed coral that lines its shores. Beneath the rose-tinged water awaits a dazzling display of vibrant sea life.

Using blue orchard bees to pollinate crops is an idea with a lot of promise. For one thing, they visit 50 times more flowers than honey bees!

After take-off, Aloha Airlines Flight 243's roof inexplicably blew off. Here's how a minor oversight almost caused this plane to crash.

When policemen spotted a "flying saucer" in 1966, an official investigation declared it was an optical illusion created by swamp gas. But some say that's just what the government wanted us to believe.

The 'Secrets of the Hive' film crew spare no precaution for a daunting task ahead: filming tens of thousands of killer bees, angry at the intrusion into their hive.

Experience the tense moments after a terrorist group fires a missile at the wings of a DHL Airbus - the first civilian aircraft casualty of the Iraq war.