The Boy Robot of 1774
It’s hard to imagine that before the United States of America even became a country,…
Category Obscure history
Victorians at the Gym
Her raw enthusiasm is what really sells it for me. This photo comes from the exercise…
The Tik Tok Generation Needs a Movie about The Abernathy Kids
In 1910, two boys, Louis and Temple Abernathy decided to cross America by horseback without…
The Art of Homemaking in a World War Dugout
It all started with one photograph that caught my interest, and then through the course…
An Ode to what they call “Duck Architecture”
Now I know. Did you? There’s an official name for all those kitschy roadside buildings…
Dollhouses of Death that trained America’s Detectives
I always found the game of Cluedo fell a bit flat. I wanted more from the murder…
The French Cliff carved into Legends of Old by One Mute Abbot
Finding shapes in the clouds, strange noises in your house at night from the monster under…
Nature’s Humble Gold: The Unexpected Elegance of Straw Craft
And now, for a DIY project at the intersection of spooky and cozy: the corn…
All the Different Ouija Boards you Never Knew Existed
We all had a Ouija phase, didn’t we? Or at least most of us saw The…
The Ghostly Paris Nightclubs of the Belle Epoque
The decade is the 1890s, the height of La Belle Epoque in Paris; the ‘beautiful…
A New York City Misfit Museum, like No Other
Woody Allen pulls off one of Groucho Marx’s best lines in Annie Hall — you…
Nazi Summer Camp, Long Island, USA
Camp Siegfried was forcibly shut down by the US government when Germany declared war on…