Nan Madol: a mysterious city called Atlantis where underwater “platinum coffins” were supposedly discovered by the Japanese Abandoned Spaces Strangeness
Luke’s hideout in the latest “Star Wars” picture is actually an island off the coast of Ireland with an early-Christian monastery Interiors Glamour Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
The Secrets of Medieval Castles: Stairs are built in a clockwise fashion for a very good reason Interiors Lifestyle News Strangeness
Edinburgh Castle is so old that by the time of the first definite mention of it in literature, its founding was already shrouded in myth and legend Abandoned Spaces Interiors News
Visionary architect Antoni Gaudí never managed to finish the magnificent Sagrada Familia because he was hit by a tram and, mistaken as a beggar, left on the street Interiors Glamour News Strangeness
A group of rogue Arizona cowboys dug up a dead friend in 1905 to give him one last shot of whiskey Strangeness Lifestyle
The actor who portrayed the X-wing pilot Jek Porkins in “Star Wars: A New Hope” was interviewed after the JFK assassination News Glamour Lifestyle
When license plates first appeared in the U.S., drivers competed to obtain the plates with the lowest numbers as a status symbol Cars News
Daniel Day-Lewis learned how to create a Balenciaga dress from scratch to play a designer in “Phantom Thread,” the film he says is his last News Lifestyle Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
The Battle of Belmont: In his first command of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant cheated death twice and forged leadership skills News Battlefields Strangeness
In the 18th century, one could pay admission to London Zoo by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions News Strangeness