The reinvigorated Monuments Men still recover art stolen during World War II and return to rightful owners
The Death Car: Urban legends surrounding “haunted” cars difficult to explain
One of Iceland’s last turf houses still has a summer resident
Picasso’s perfect answer to the Gestapo
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the pioneering Flemish painter, wore peasant’s clothes to find his inspiration
The Ouija Board: How a nation’s grief over war led to the rise of a stupendous marketing gimmick
Florence Nightingale – The story behind the lady with the lamp
The first police car was bought in Akron, Ohio in 1899; its first assignment was to pick up a drunk man
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World existed simultaneously for fewer than 60 years
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”
