Agatha Christie inspired by her own train delay to write “Murder on the Orient Express”
The Antikythera mechanism, an ancient analog “computer”, said to be “more valuable than the Mona Lisa”
The Library of Trinity College in Dublin: A 300-year-old institution, home to over 200,000 books
Expert re-creates the shoes of 5,300-year-old Ötzi the Iceman, down to the bearskin soles and hay-stuffed lining
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
