How Tolkien banished his WWI ghosts and immortalized his love for his wife, Edith
The Shoes on the Danube Bank: a moving memorial to war horrors in Budapest
In its long life, the Greek Parthenon was used as a church and then a mosque
Finding the origin of the birthday cake with candles (and song) tradition
“For sale, baby shoes, never worn”: Tracing the history of the shortest story ever told
German U-Boat wreck found off Belgian coast, nearly intact, contains 23 bodies
The SS Californian, the ship that failed to rescue Titanic survivors despite being 20 miles away
A dugout canoe that could be several hundred years old flung ashore by Hurricane Irma
The tomb of Mayan “God-King” discovered in Guatemala, his status determined by carved jade mask
How a pig that loved potatoes brought England and U.S. to brink of war in 1859
