Brad Smithfield
Brad Smithfield is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Brad Smithfield:
The Vastseliina Castle in Estonia: The mighty stronghold, now in ruins, was built by the knights of the Livonian Order
Calico, in San Bernardino County: Miners, gunslingers, and brothel-keepers were all drawn there by the California Silver Rush
Riga draws attention as the city with the largest collection of Art Nouveau buildings in the world
Vogelsang, East Germany: How a bucolic village became a Soviet nuclear missile base with warheads pointed at NATO nations
In 19th century, the mysterious Williamson Tunnels were constructed beneath Liverpool by a man who might have been planning for Armageddon
The Eerie and Abandoned “Devil’s Slide” WWII Bunker on California Coast
Salvador Dalí’s house in Spain is, fortunately, just as bizarre as you would expect
An Atomic Age for kids: Nuclear optimism in the 1950s spawned toys that promised to be a “seething scientific creation,” with some actually containing radioactive elements
Billy the Kid was trilingual, one of the language he spoke was Gaelic
Hachiko: The dog who continued to wait his owner for more than nine years after his death
