Georges Méliès, the magic-minded dreamer who in 1902 filmed “The Trip to the Moon” and showed us what movies are capable of Lifestyle News Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
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Three giant Viking swords stand buried in a stone in Hafrsfjord, Norway, recalling a mythic struggle for unity Strangeness Battlefields
The Good Cemeterian: Мan spends his Sundays cleaning forgotten veterans’ tombstones News Battlefields Lifestyle Strangeness
Cowry shell coins: an ancient monetary system based on sea shells used on almost every continent Strangeness Interiors Lifestyle News
The Bath House: One of the best-preserved Roman remains in the world Abandoned Spaces Interiors Strangeness
The 3,200-year-old President Tree is so big it has rarely been captured in one photo News Strangeness
The Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon, eager for money to wage war on Britain, sold the land to U.S.–and a British bank financed the sale Battlefields Strangeness
Musicians’ outcry: 17th century viol worth $200,000 severely damaged during a flight News Glamour Interiors Lifestyle Strangeness
Born a slave, James Beckwourth became not only a mountain man but a chief of the Crow Nation News Strangeness