A stingy member of British Parliament who ate moldy food and sat in the dark was inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge
The most expensive paintings ever sold
Jimi Hendrix chose the U.S. Army over a jail term for auto theft, played his guitar endlessly at Fort Campbell
Charles Dickens Museum holds the most important collection of Dickens’ personal belongings
A horse named Comanche survived the Battle of Little Bighorn despite being shot seven times
The Seven Sisters of Moscow: The peculiar history of Stalin’s Skyscrapers
Wardour Castle – The 14th-century hexagonal castle was once one of the most daring and innovative homes in Britain
Fort Boyard: Built by Napoleon, this stone sea fort was later used as a game show set
The life of the knocker-upper: How “human alarms” made sure everyone was up for work
A modern mudlark: Lara Maiklem collects “pieces of human history” from the Thames
