The Cliff-hanging Castle at the Mouth of a Hidden Cave Network
Riddled with secret passageways and narrow shafts into the mountainous cave network of south Slovenia, Predjama Castle…
Category Obscure history
The American Theme Park Town that started as a Beer Stand in the Prohibition Aftermath
It’s highway Americana at its best and it all started in 1949 with a shocking-pink…
The Ghost Army of WWII that Duped Hitler
This is not a photograph of a strong man contest. That tank weighs about as…
Remembering Hindenburg at the Zep Diner, Los Angeles
Seventy six years ago on this day, May 6th, marks the anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster and…
Muscle Beach Girl, 1954
She was dubbed the “strongest seventh grader” in the world. In the mid-1950s, April Atkins…
No Animals were Harmed in the Making of this Film, 70 People Were.
Three years ago, I published an article about a photo story I’d found hiding away deep in…
The Secret Playboy Mansion Tunnels that led to the Hollywood Homes of Celebrity Casanovas
The editorial staff at Playboy.com recently revealed that they have discovered a bunch of dusty old…
The Victorian Daredevil Dame who threw herself off the Niagara Falls in a Barrel
She was a fragile-looking 63 year-old widow, barely getting by as a school teacher at…
Hockey and Swastikas
Much like the toothbrush moustache, Hitler ruined it for everyone. The swastika of course, was…
Ass-Whooping Women in Skirts in the 1930s
Just in time for the weekend (in case us damsels happen to lose our way down a dark…
Welcome to Halloweentown, USA
“I think I saw the Head Witch of Salem in Trader Joe’s today,” I remember my…
Laundry Basket Cars
Your average household laundry basket and a car– two things you’d never put together, but at…