Postcards from Sochi: Summering with Stalin
Sochi, a Russian city on the Black Sea, is known for being a controversial host…
Category Obscure history
Ghosts of Nigeria: A Colonialist’s Photo Album
I had a good dig through the British National Archives this morning and began fixating…
The Girl with the Impossible Waist
If you look up “hourglass figure” in the dictionary, Betty Brosmer’s picture should probably be…
London has a Subterranean Veggie Farm in an Abandoned WWII Bunker
We’re all trying to switch to local produce these days and for Londoners, it doesn’t…
Cobra Cocktails, a Mad Scientist and his Roadside Serpentarium
Nothing says American kitsch like a 35-foot giant pink cobra. I stumbled upon this old…
The Lost Desert Libraries of Chinguetti
The sands of the Sahara have all but swallowed Chinguetti, a near ghost town found…
Unmasking the Parisian Phantom of the Opera
What if I told you there is a lake under the Paris Opera House, just…
Florida’s Tarzan Still Haunts His Old Camp
At 6’4” and 240 pounds, handsome, muscular Russian-American Vincent Natulkiewicz looked like he’d stepped out…
When Exotic Pets were the Accessory du Jour
“The big picture is that we are intimately bound to animals and it is…
Brad Pitt Pringles Advert circa. 1989
Mr. Pitt, you do yourself proud.
THE JAW DROPPING PHOTOSTORY: Oh, don’t mind our pet Lion
You’ve been looking at the home of actress Tippi Hedren in California, photographed by LIFE magazine…
The Real “No-Go Zone” of France: A Forbidden No Man’s Land Poisoned by War
When you imagine France and its scenic countryside, you might think of the picturesque villages, vineyards a plenty and…