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”
A dance to die for: The mysterious phenomenon of Medieval Europe that drove people to dance until collapse
Not being Italian was no obstacle to James Caan, who portrayed Sonny in “The Godfather,” winning “Italian of the Year” – twice
The Intriguing Story Behind the Golden Arches of McDonald’s
The legendary Edinburgh Castle occupies the site of a 350-million-year-old plug of an extinct volcano
