Belvédère Hotel: The abandoned jewel of the Swiss Alps that played a part in “Goldfinger,” and was a favorite stop for Sean Connery Glamour Abandoned Spaces Vintage Hollywood
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 News Lifestyle Strangeness
Prostitutes thrived in ancient Greece, with some wearing special sandals that printed a message in the ground reading, “Follow me” News Lifestyle Strangeness
Italian gangsters kidnapped J. Paul Getty’s grandson in 1973, but the stingy billionaire refused to pay a penny of ransom Lifestyle News Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
A Crypt that’s believed to be Jesus’ Tomb has been opened for the first time in centuries News Archeology
Famous for a knee-capping scandal rather than her skating technique, Tonya Harding nailed the first triple axel but never found a place in America’s heart Glamour Lifestyle Strangeness
When Piggly Wiggly, the first true self-service grocery store, opened in 1916, it revolutionized shopping News Glamour Interiors Lifestyle
The curious case of the exploding caskets of Highgate Cemetery’s Egyptian Avenue Strangeness Abandoned Spaces Glamour News
The Real Christopher Robin was Bullied because of Winnie the Pooh Glamour Lifestyle Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
Part of the profits from Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” were invested in the production of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” News Lifestyle Strangeness Vintage Hollywood