The Secret Lives of Fashion Mannequins
For a brief moment in the 1930s, one of the most famous celebrities of the…
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Never thought of it like that: Versailles, a Giant Nightmarish Hotel
The Palace of Versailles, famously opulent and vast, is often celebrated for its architectural grandeur…
The Last Peach Orchards of Paris
Peaches grown right here in Paris? Believe it or not, centuries ago, Paris became home…
The Paris Horror Show
Friday night at the theatre would never be quite the same again. Down a dark…
New York’s Real-Life Handmaid’s Tale
Revivalist sects, polyamorous communes and radical experiments in communal living – America was rife with…
Classrooms without Walls: A Forgotten Age of Open-air Schools
This old black and white photograph pops out at me every now and again on the…
The Most Exclusive US College that You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
What if I told you there was an elite college as exclusive as Harvard and…
Bohemian Grove: The Secret Society Summer Camp
I just spent the morning finding out everything I can on the Bohemian Grove. For two…
Hollywood’s Original “Bad Girl”: The Tragic Muse of Kurt Cobain
Even before she was famous, Frances Farmer had a bad girl reputation. In high school,…
The Radical History of Women Smoking
We don’t really need a reminder of just how bad smoking is for us. Bad…
A Brief Compendium of Medical Quackery
The rise of accessibility to medicine in the 19th century was a beautiful thing, but…
The Anti-Nazi Teen Gang that Beat Up Hitler Youth and Danced to Jazz
A band of adolescent music-lovers, swing dancers and snappy dressers– not exactly the type you’d…