One of the strangest geological formations on Earth: the Devil’s Slide in Utah
The remains of the Winchester Palace: once one of the largest and most important buildings in all of medieval London
A man of Ancient Greece proposed to his beloved by throwing an apple at her, a custom inspired by a fateful fight over which goddess was fairest
Prolific composer John Williams of “Star Wars,” “Jaws,” and “Harry Potter” fame has received 51 Oscar nominations so far, more than any living person
One of the creepiest cemeteries in London, the Highgate Cemetery
Oldest non-African modern human fossil revealed to be 195,000 years old
Vogelsang, East Germany: How a bucolic village became a Soviet nuclear missile base with warheads pointed at NATO nations
Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau’s Hilarious Mutual Loathing on ‘Hello Dolly’ Set
In 19th century, the mysterious Williamson Tunnels were constructed beneath Liverpool by a man who might have been planning for Armageddon
The fun but morbid “Struwwelpeter” is a 19th-century German children’s book in which the children suffer bizarre punishments
