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
The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, restored after decades of neglect News Glamour Interiors Lifestyle Strangeness
What happened at the crossroads: Blues legend Robert Johnson and his deal with the Devil Strangeness Glamour Lifestyle News
City of Caves: The hidden world of man-made caves beneath the streets of Nottingham News Archeology Interiors Strangeness
The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft holds the secrets of a long tradition of magic Interiors Lifestyle News Strangeness
After almost 80 years, 31 rolls of film discovered showing World War II through the lens of an unknown American soldier Battlefields Lifestyle News Self-Propelled Strangeness
Julius Popper, the man who appointed himself the ruler of Tierra del Fuego, was largely responsible for the genocide of a South American tribe Strangeness Lifestyle News
The perfect pets: An ancient-DNA study shows how cats domesticated themselves News Archeology Strangeness
In Croaker, Virginia, a farm holds 43 colossal busts of all former U.S. presidents, some with missing noses Abandoned Spaces Battlefields Interiors Lifestyle News Strangeness
The British royal family hid Crown Jewels from Nazis in a biscuit tin News Battlefields Glamour Interiors Strangeness