Forget Count Dracula, Meet History’s Most Prolific Female Serial Killer
Every year, nearly a million people flock to Romania’s famous Bran Castle, a medieval fortress…
Category Obscure history
Declassified: That Time the US Military made Flying Saucers
Every once in a while, we unearth a story so out-of-this-world it deserves its own…
Once Upon a Time in a Real “Westworld” Hoax Town
The American West has had a reputation of being wild since the continent was first…
The Fake Rooftop Towns of World War II
They were devised by Hollywood set designers, assembled like stage props and “inhabited” by actors, but entertainment was…
Retro Recipe: Dr. Pepper served Hot?!
Here’s something different for a holiday party– Dr. Pepper, as in the cherry cola, served…
Gas Mask Paradise Island
On an archipelago south of Tokyo, there is a lush paradise-like island where residents must…
Postcards from North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is probably one of the most fascinating places on…
Hitler’s Waldo: The German who didn’t give a F**k
Just a photograph of your average Nazi rally in Hitler Germany. Or is it? At…
French Pacific Island Vanishes (Oops)
When a group of Australian scientists went on a a voyage to study plate tectonics…
Flying Cars and Underwater Croquet: France in the 21st Century
According to some artists’ predictions of the future in the late 19th century, France is…
Meet North Korea’s American Film Star
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il was a known film enthusiast, or what we might call…
The Circus is in Town
A troupe of elephants and a zebra walk down 33rd Street in Manhattan in 1968…