Recent excavations are revealing new discoveries about the towering statues of Easter Island. MSNBC's Dara Brown speaks with Dr. Jo Anne Van Tillburg, archaeologist and director of the Easter Island Statue Project, about the finding from recent excavations.

When they’re not being pulled down for perpetuating the legacies of thoroughly unpleasant people who are better off not being celebrated, statues are pretty cool. Collectively, they form a huge part of our societal history and culture, but as well as being super important, a lot of them are also str

Sofika Zielyk, a Ukrainian-American ethnographer and artist, tells the story of pysanky, traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs. Her exhibition, The Pysanka: A Symbol Of Hope, at the Ukrainian American Institute is collecting eggs to show support for Ukraine.

The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was about the same size as the Statue of Liberty in New York, although based on a lower ba...

Catch the incredible moment when a new island was born a thousand kilometres south of Japan's capital Tokyo. The new island has been forced up by an underwater volcanic eruption.

People around the world have been transfixed by images of red and orange lava fountains exploding out of volcanic vents on Hawaii's Big Island. Three weeks of destruction from Mount Kilauea is costing the island millions with fears it could damage tourism there for months ahead.

Video showing the aftermath of superstorm sandy from the air. Show your love for Fire Island!

Community of Lights captured this amazing cloud at the end of July in the late afternoon in Fire Island Pines, a beautiful barrier island off the coast of New York. The cloud was about 500 feet wide and sever miles long covering the entire island as it went by, and then vanished in the Atlantic Oce...

Fire Island, three miles off the shore of New York's Long Island, has long been a haven for the Northeast's LGBTQ community. The Pines were developed in the 1950s, making the enclave one of the youngest on the island. In the '60s, The Pines quickly went from a clothing-optional beach with a few coas...

"The Invasion" of the Fire Island Pines is now an annual tradition and a day of joy. But Thom Hansen was there when it began as a protest. Americans across the country have many traditions when it comes to celebrating Independence Day. But it’s possible that none are as distinctive as Cherry Grove’s