Month: November 2014

There are few places that allow us to get close to the everyday life of our Neolithic ancestors---one place is ...

After her marriage to Prince Albert, Alexandra of Denmark became a British superstar and fashion icon. Devoted fans copied her ...

In 1973, American journalist Charles Horman found himself sitting on the story of a lifetime. The Chilean military, under the ...

Built in Wisconsin, Taliesin was home to Frank Lloyd Wright and his mistress Martha Borthwick. On the outside, the house ...

Plan on visiting all the World Heritage Sites? Unfortunately, the republic of Mount Athos is nearly impossible to reach . ...

We've all heard stories about how Britain was notorious for imposing taxes on their colonies. One of those taxes was ...

In 1959, the Americans invaded Moscow. Only they weren't soldiers with guns. They were artists and fashion models, tour guides ...

Nikolai Gogol, the famed author of Dead Souls, and arguably the most influential writer in Russian history, once tried to ...

When you think of animals that can speak like humans, parrots and similar birds are the first to come to ...

Most people have heard of flotsam and jetsam when it comes to debris that's floating in the ocean, but there's ...

In 1752, Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, which was already widely used across most of Western ...

No matter where you live, where you visit, what your first language is or what other languages you know, there's ...

The Nazis weren't exactly what you would call hepcats. During the 1930s and '40s, they did their best to outlaw ...

Most of us get a little cranky if we skip breakfast, but during the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, 36 men volunteered ...

Need a dead stuffed animal? Better call Carl Akeley. This guy was the father of modern taxidermy, but he almost ...

In 1968, the Sunday Times announced it would sponsor a race for the first person to sail solo nonstop around ...

Own any 18th- or 19th-century autographs? Perhaps a letter written by Abraham Lincoln or Benjamin Franklin? Well, you might want ...

The development and the popularity of the standard QWERTY keyboard has absolutely nothing to do with the traditional story of ...

We've all heard the urban legend about the sadist who poisons Halloween candy. It's a myth that just won't go ...

Taking a trip to Chile or Argentina? Better stay away from the water. South America is home to the steamer ...

In 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and his brain was locked away in the National Archives. However, three years ...