Lavinia Warren’s wedding to Tom Thumb attended by 10,000 in Civil War-era NYC
The city of Persepolis underscored the immense power of ancient Persia
Jardin du Luxembourg, a beautiful garden in Paris, commissioned by Queen Marie de’ Medici
Thomas Jefferson began making sketches for Monticello when he was 26 years old
17th century children learned to read with lessons on death, hell, and salvation
How Léon Werth’s flight from France in 1940 influenced Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince”
Legendary Mexican wrestler El Santo never removed his mask until 1984–10 days later he died
Born a slave, James Beckwourth became not only a mountain man but a chief of the Crow Nation
The Bakhshali invention of nothing, one of the most important concepts in human history
A comet appearing after assassination of Julius Caesar made Romans believe he was a deity
