The Posters That Warned Against “the Horrors of a World With Women’s Rights”
At first glance, this illustration looks like the depiction of a rather cool Victorian hangout. The…
Category Obscure history
That Time When Parisians Used to Hang Out at the Morgue for Fun
Some thirty thousand people visit the Notre Dame de Paris everyday, but little-known to tourists or even to…
Vintage Snapshots of Swedish Midsummer looking suspiciously like a Spooky Cult
While the annual holiday of Midsummer typically brings to mind flower crowns and smorgasbords of…
And what if they’d built New York like this?
You might have noticed that for the cover of our second book, Don’t be a…
New York’s First Subway was Pure Luxury
As far back as 1867, the streets of New York were always bustling with crowds…
Meet the Winners of Drag Race 100 Years Ago
Hoist up your garters and fasten your wigs, because we’re voguing our way back in…
The Forgotten Treehouse Bars of Bygone Summers in Paris
There was once a place that drew crowds of Parisians away from their grand boulevards…
The Curious Career of Living as a Real-Life Garden Gnome
If you were out of a job in 19th century England and seeking new employment,…
So in Albania, the Number of Abandoned Bunkers is Kind of a Problem
Once upon a time, during the Cold War, Albania’s paranoid dictator Enver Hoxha forced his…
When Native Americans Took Back Alcatraz
Fifty years ago, their revolution emerged like a Phoenix from the ashes. It was 1969,…
Time Travel to the Real-Life Peaky Blinders Village
Peaky Blinders fans, hold onto your flat caps. In the heart of “Black Country”, an…
Greetings, from the Desert of Ghost Ships
Only 30 years ago, this was home to our planet’s 4th largest inland water mass;…