The Mark Twain House and Museum: One of the Best Historic Homes in the World
The baffling Piri Reis Map of 1513: It showed Antarctica centuries before discovery, but without its ice cap
The Astronaut who took this photo is the only human, Dead or Alive, that isn’t in the frame of this 1969 picture
Tintagel Castle on the bluffs of Cornwall is revealing its surprising secrets
Clementinum in Prague – The Most Beautiful Library in the World
Hattie McDaniel of “Gone With the Wind,” the first African-American to win an Oscar, battled discrimination even at the Academy Awards ceremony
St. Albans Raid: They said they were Canadian tourists, but the visitors were Confederate soldiers planning an attack on Vermont
Using this world map with literal meanings of each country’s name, discover which ones mean “Land of Many Rabbits,” “I Go to the Beach,” and “Hippopotamus”
An invitation to a 100 A.D. birthday party is among the Vindolanda tablets, oldest surviving Roman handwritten documents in Britain
In a shocking scandal, the rebellious creator of Pippi Longstocking bore a child out of wedlock—and her married boss was the father
