Wall Street is so named because an actual wall was built by Dutch settlers in the 17th century to keep out English Colonists and Native American tribes News
The bizarre story of how a railroad worker survived an iron rod which went through his skull News Strangeness
The secret codex of a lost civilization: Mexican pictograms are revealed beneath a 16th Century manuscript after being hidden for 500 years Featured News
The Mummies of Guanajuato are a number of naturally mummified bodies interred during a cholera outbreak around Guanajuato, Mexico in 1833 News Strangeness
One of the oldest lighthouses in South Africa, the Cape Agulhas Lighthouse, was built in the ancient Egyptian style and has stood for over 150 years News Featured
Bo-Kaap is a lively suburb in Cape Town, packed with colored houses which are national monuments and date back to the 1750s. News Featured
Robert Stroud “The Birdman of Alcatraz” – spent 54 years in prison where he became one of the best ornithologists in the world News Featured
The King of the Dudes – Berry Wall, the fashion leader of the Gilded Age, once changed clothes 40 times between breakfast and dinner News Strangeness