In a personal letter, J. R. R. Tolkien vetoed future dealings with Disney, for whom “I have a heartfelt loathing” Lifestyle Self-Propelled
“Possibly whole crew dead”: The Ourang Medan and the making of a mystery about a vanished ship of corpses Abandoned Spaces Self-Propelled Strangeness
Possibly whole crew dead”: The Ourang Medan and the making of a mystery about a vanished ship of corpses Abandoned Spaces Self-Propelled Strangeness
The unsolved mystery of “Mary Celeste”: Found adrift in 1872, the captain and family and crew all vanished, but cargo and possessions intact Abandoned Spaces Strangeness
Pinkerton Detective Agency of the Wild West that tracked Jesse James’ train-robbing spree with revolutionary strategies is still up and running News Lifestyle Strangeness
No traces found today of SS Baychimo, the “Ghost Ship of the Arctic” that roamed the seas unmanned for decades News Abandoned Spaces Self-Propelled Strangeness
Despite what everyone thinks, bank heists were almost nonexistent in the Wild West Strangeness Lifestyle News Vintage Hollywood
In 1982, 150 Icelanders went to the NATO base in Keflavík to protest the treatment of Elves Strangeness
The remains of the Winchester Palace: once one of the largest and most important buildings in all of medieval London Interiors Abandoned Spaces Archeology
Belvédère Hotel: The abandoned jewel of the Swiss Alps that played a part in “Goldfinger,” and was a favorite stop for Sean Connery Glamour Abandoned Spaces Vintage Hollywood