W.W. Denslow made so much money from his illustrations for “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” he bought an island off Bermuda, declared himself king
Hattie McDaniel of “Gone With the Wind,” the first African-American to win an Oscar, battled discrimination even at the Academy Awards ceremony
Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall, & the Hollywood marriage that nobody expected to last
The makers of “Alien” had everything designed except for the terrifying being itself and for that, they turned to H. R. Giger
A dance to die for: The mysterious phenomenon of Medieval Europe that drove people to dance until collapse
The extravagant epic “Cleopatra” was the first movie to generate more heat from what happened behind the scenes than onscreen
Violence escalates in the losing battle of the Amazon’s hidden tribes
The Witch House: The 17th century home of Salem judge only one still standing …
Château de Chenonceau : After Henry II died, his widow, Catherine de Medici, forced the king’s mistress, Diane de Poitiers, to give her the castle …
Nan Madol, a mysterious city called the Atlantis of the Pacific where underwater “platinum coffins” rumored to exist
