The Hereford Mappa Mundi is the world’s largest existing medieval map
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
Bo-Kaap is a lively suburb in Cape Town, packed with colored houses which are national monuments and date back to the 1750s.
Robert Stroud “The Birdman of Alcatraz” – spent 54 years in prison where he became one of the best ornithologists in the world
The King of the Dudes – Berry Wall, the fashion leader of the Gilded Age, once changed clothes 40 times between breakfast and dinner
Austrian experts recover giant tusks of rare species of Mammoth
Johnny Cash was the first American to to learn of Stalin’s death
Forget anesthetic: Cannabis and magic mushrooms could have masked the pain of Bronze Age brain surgery.
The Wonderful Barn in Ireland: Unusual and striking structure, considered a technical and engineering achievement from the 18th century
In 1903 a handy banker trained and shaped a tree to grow into the form of a chair
