The greater the Phoenician metropolis of Carthage became, the more the Romans wanted to destroy it, and finally they did just that News Archeology
Locals believed that the Angkor Wat temple was constructed in a single night by a divine architect News Abandoned Spaces Archeology Strangeness
Cháteau d’Angers, a Roman fortress turned medieval castle, houses the famous 14th century Apocalypse Tapestry, based on Book of Revelation News Interiors
For Shelley Duvall, “The Shining” was a personal horror story because of director Stanley Kubrick Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
Divine, John Waters’ raunchy and hilarious muse, served as inspiration for the outrageous sea witch Ursula in “The Little Mermaid” Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
Favorite animals of Catherine the Great, cats have inhabited the Hermitage Museum for the last 250 years and some are believed to have healing powers Interiors Strangeness
Alexander Sarcophagus, one of the most remarkable examples of Hellenistic art ever found News Archeology
The macaron craze: From Venetian monasteries and Catherine de’ Medici to two Carmelite nuns in the French Revolution News