Heartbreak Hides in the Walls of This Paris Mansion
Museums are usually a feast for the eyes, but rarely are they this much of…
Category Obscure history
Oh, Just a Decaying Soviet City in the Middle of the Sea
In the waters of the Caspian Sea, about 40 kilometers from the coast of Azerbaijan,…
The Lost Broadway Musical Starring Muhammad Ali
From the boxing ring to the lights of Broadway, Muhammad Ali’s brief career in musical…
The Legend of the Sun King’s Perfume Bath at Versailles
We’ve taken a bath in front of the Eiffel Tower, in the middle of a…
Buried Secrets of Montauk’s Menacing Military Camp that Inspired “Stranger Things”
There are places in New York and the northeastern coast of America, where a pleasurable…
When Victorians Embraced Same Sex Marriage for Women Over A Century Ago
It’s not widely known that same-sex unions were recognised in Ancient Greece and Rome, Mesopotamia…
What Lies Beneath: The Curious Underworld Of Hobby Tunnelling
In 1924, a truck accidentally sank into a backlot in Washington DC, opening a sinkhole…
We Should Probably Talk About L’Oréal’s Dark Past
Beauty is only skin deep. But what if it’s actually even shallower than you think,…
Fashion History’s Most Flustering Flex: The Codpiece
You only need to have a gander at the armour that Henry VIII used to…
Harvard’s Secret Court: A Cloak and Dagger History of the Ivy League’s Anti-Gay Purges
Secret college societies have lurked in the shadows of the Ivy League since the 19th…
All the Sneaky Tricks of Prohibition Bootleggers
I found this photograph floating around on the internet today of a truck ingeniously camouflaged by…
Discovering Black Outsider Art in a Whitewashed World
Their abilities don’t come from any artistic establishment. They didn’t have any formal training and…