It sounds outlandish that President-Elect Donald Trump has said he wants to buy Greenland but this isn't the first or... more

Roald Amundsen was surely one of history's greatest explorers. He beat Scott to the South Pole, and was the first... more

Dan tells the epic story of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, whose daring voyages at the turn of the 16th... more

What would it have been like to go on a medieval crusade? What dangers would you have faced on the... more

In 9 AD, the rebel chieftain Arminius and his confederation of Germanic tribes ambushed three Roman legions in the Teutoburg... more

In the dead of winter, 1944, the frozen forest of Ardennes erupted in chaos. In a desperate, last-ditch attempt to... more

In the early hours of September 2, 1666, a small fire broke out on the ground floor of a baker's... more

May 1453 saw the siege that would lead to the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was the culmination... more

Today we dig into the history of Istanbul, the city at the crossroads of East and West. Across thousands of... more

Just as Scrooge wanders London's streets on a cold Christmas night, Dan Snow follows the ghosts of Charles Dickens' past... more