Cabaret dancer and U.S. spy Claire Phillips used her Manila nightclub to extract secrets from Japanese soldiers News
The mean-spirited Grinch who stole Christmas was actually inspired by Dr. Seuss himself “on a bad day” Vintage Hollywood
Artist transforms old computer parts and electronics into delicate winged insect sculptures Strangeness
Human remains found in a Mexican cave are believed to be 13,000 years old, but looting of the skeleton an obstacle News Archeology
Victor Hugo wrote “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in part to raise awareness of undervalued Gothic architecture in Paris Strangeness Interiors Vintage Hollywood
At 800-year-old Berkeley Castle, the gardens are gorgeous but the stories chilling of pitiless murder of Edward II Strangeness Interiors
Scientists discover a Jurassic-era skeleton of a scary 16-foot-long “top tier” sea predator Archeology News
A nun whose convent was destroyed in 1890s haunts the exquisite São Bento train station that took its place Interiors Strangeness
Den Gamle By’s open-air museum will make anyone feel as if they’re about to bump into Hans Christian Andersen Interiors Strangeness
Viking shieldmaidens accompanied men in invasions overseas in far greater numbers than previously believed News Strangeness