The Tiny Scottish Village that became the Unlikely Las Vegas of the 19th Century
Ever heard of Gretna Green? Long before Las Vegas was famous for its wedding chapels and…
Category Obscure history
Inside the Castle in the Middle of the Death Valley Desert
On my first California road trip a few years ago, one of our stops I…
The Cave-Dwelling Flamenco Dancers of Andalucia
“Gypsy” conjures up all kinds of stereotypical images of a wandering foreign community that live…
Offbeat Museum Tales: The Matron of Morbidity
“A true collector, a born collector, is an addict,” believes 80 year-old, Elinor Wrobel. The…
Family Fun at the California Alligator Farm
A very strange collection of postcards here; early 20th century halftone photographs applied with colour depicting…
Coco Chanel was Definitely a Nazi
That’s quite a statement isn’t it? You may have heard rumblings about this back in August…
That Time Donald Duck was a Nazi
Disney has its fair share of questionable cartoons in the archives and over the years,…
When He Could Book a Men-Only Flight with United Airlines
It sounds like a plot line from an episode of Mad Men, but if you…
Before the Eurostar: Remains of the Flying Rail Plane that Never Was
In a slight twist of fate, we might have been traveling between London and Paris in one…
Desire to Kill the Streetcar
In the 1920 and 30s, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle and countless other major American cities…
Calling on her Cell Phone in 1922
Found by a researcher in the Pathe vaults, this clip from 1922, possibly filmed in…
Mona Lisa and Machine Guns: Was Leonardo daVinci an Aspiring War Lord?
When you think of Mona Lisa’s peaceful smile, you probably wouldn’t imagine it was captured by…