Texas has 254 counties — more than any other state — and each county's name is a nod to the state's storied history. In the San Antonio region, some counties are named for legendary figures in Texas ...

Shipwreck expert Carl Allen is sued by a local salvor over treasures recovered from the Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas in ...

Yet, it is the dream of one man, Robert Stewart, to find and extract gold and other metals such as copper, in quantities, he ...

Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors' arrival in California and the plundering of a glut of Spanish riches that sustained Elizabeth I's empire ...

One map is from 1584. They knew where rivers ran into the sea but not much more. There is a vague path through the Southern uplands, information provided by survivors of Spanish explorer Hernando ...

The Guadalquivir River once served as the main waterway in southern Spain, and Seville ... others were fascinated by the maps on display that depict how the first explorers saw the world.

Google Street View footage captured a man hiding plastic bags in a car trunk. This led to the arrest of a couple for murder.

1 A couple was detained after human remains were found in a Spanish cemetery ... initially designed for navigation and exploration, can unintentionally aid in solving crimes.

One of the namesake proprietor's prized maps at William R. Talbot Fine Art shows California as a massive island off the coast of North America, with present-day Arizona boasting prime beachfront ...

Google Street View, known for capturing mundane moments and offering users a panoramic 360-degree view of locations around ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.