A flatbed trailer hauled a medieval church to its new home in eastern Germany. The technically ambitious move has cleared the original site for mining.
Sorry, Da Vinci Code buffs—still no whiskers to be found on the Apostle John (Mary Magalene?), even in the hair-raisingly precise 16-billion-pixel image.
Thailand's ethnic Chinese minority pays tribute to their ancient gods with a colorful festival featuring coal walkers, body piercings, and vegetarian food.
Spanish authorities released the captain of a U.S.-based treasure hunting ship after detaining him overnight. In dispute is a sunken treasure—from a shipwreck dubbed the "Black Swan"—worth an estimated 500 million U.S. dollars.
A warmer climate in Greenland has opened up new possibilities for economic development, but it may have negative effects on the island's native people, WWF says.