Nan Madol: a mysterious city called Atlantis where underwater “platinum coffins” were supposedly discovered by the Japanese
Georges Méliès, the magic-minded dreamer who in 1902 filmed “The Trip to the Moon” and showed us what movies are capable of
Loving vs. Virginia: The interracial couple that helped eliminate anti-miscegenation laws still on the books in 1967
The Doll Family, four dwarf siblings who found success in Hollywood, not only in “The Wizard of Oz” but in another classic, “Freaks”
The Edwardian-with-a-twist Teddy Boy clothing style: the men who followed the fashion in the 1950s were considered dangerous
Robert Cornelius: The man who took the first selfie in the world in 1839
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall: The Hollywood Marriage Nobody Expected
The makers of “Alien” had everything designed except for the terrifying being itself and for that, they turned to H. R. Giger
The Wild West era, a period of myth-making cowboys, gunslingers, and saloon madames, actually lasted only 30 years
“The Old Man and the Pool”: After Ava Gardner went for a swim at his Havana house, Ernest Hemingway issued an unusual edict
