The Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon, eager for money to wage war on Britain, sold the land to U.S.–and a British bank financed the sale
“Constructed” by freight trains, Ukraine’s Tunnel of Love is now an alluring form of green architecture
At 800-year-old Berkeley Castle, the gardens are gorgeous but the stories chilling of pitiless murder of Edward II
Annie Palmer: The Voodoo mistress of the Rose Hall mansion, Jamaica
“Brave New World” author Aldous Huxley requested LSD on his deathbed, a request granted by his wife
Viking shieldmaidens accompanied men in invasions overseas in far greater numbers than previously believed
New evidence proves Aboriginal Australians are one of oldest cultures in the world
The Spruce Girls: Ladies wearing spruce veneer bathing suits in 1929
The legend of Gelert, the faithful hound of Llywelyn the Great
“Truly a fairytale”: The enchanting Hohenschwangau Castle, built by King Maximilian of Bavaria
