Martin Cooper, one of several inventors inspired by “Star Trek,” came up with the first mobile phone as early as 1973 News
Hattie McDaniel of “Gone With the Wind,” the first African-American to win an Oscar, battled discrimination even at the Academy Awards ceremony News
After an African prince spent 40 years as a slave in U.S., he was freed but died shortly before reaching his homeland News
Art in an other-worldly trance: Pre-Columbian cave images discovered on a remote island in the Caribbean Abandoned Spaces
La Peregrina, the famous pearl discovered on an island near Panama and worn first by Mary I of England Fashion
Einstein’s handwritten note musing over the meaning of happiness sold for more than $1 million in auction News
Marilyn Monroe, passionate supporter of civil rights, helped Ella Fitzgerald break a racial barrier with a phone call News
Nightingale floors: the Japanese flooring system used for alerting castle lords to nighttime attacks by ninja assassins Interiors
Derinkuyu: the advanced underground city in Turkey using ventilation shafts that could date as far back as 15th century BC Abandoned Spaces
Money talks in “Club 33”: A secret Disneyland venue that Walt Disney built only for the wealthy, alcohol included Interiors
The Lady of Elche, a strange and striking ancient sculpture discovered in Spain in 1897, bears resemblance to Princess Leia Strangeness