The Forgotten Houdini
Known as the “Monarch of Manacles,” Harry Houdini’s younger brother Theo “Dash” Hardeen, was also…
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The 1970s Cold War Era Home Built 26 Feet Underground
You wouldn’t happen to be in the market for a 1970s underground family home, equipped…
The Brown Sisters: Four Women Over Four Decades
This weekend, my boyfriend pulled out not one, not two but three grays he noticed…
The Guy Who Digs up Lost Cities Buried at Sea
For the last thirteen years, he’s been busy digging up a lost underwater civilization the size…
Why is F. Scott Fitzgerald Buried in a Strangely Unremarkable Place?
His novel is at the top of the Amazon bestsellers list, nearly 90 years later…
Oh, just a Miniature Global Village in China
Hey, you know what’s better than actually travelling the world and seeing its wonders and…
Antique Chronicles of Japanese, erm, Fart Competitions
To send you off for the weekend, here are the seventeenth century Japanese fart scrolls…
Meet the Would-be King of France (He’s Kind of a Babe)
It’s not fair that the English get to have all the fun with their monarchy.…
The National Christmas Museum is For Sale
Did you know there’s a National Christmas Centre? Neither did I! It’s nestled in a…
Gandalf’s London Pub that Launched a Thousand Ships
There’s something about mixing history, battered fish with chunky chips and a good ale that…
The MessyNessyChic 2017 Holiday Gift Guide is Here to Save You
Relax! I’ve got you covered. As your personal purveyor of all things unique, off-beat, thoughtful…
The American Marie Antoinette of Pre-War Paris
Her private villa in Versailles hosted the last great Parisian party before the storm of…