Bjork alert: The loneliest house in Iceland and all the wild stories attached to it
Whitby Abbey: The ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to create “Dracula”
Agatha Christie inspired by her own train delay to write “Murder on the Orient Express”
Pablo Escobar’s pet African hippos: They outlived him, made Colombia their home
A retired construction worker from Michigan provided a plausible solution to Stonehenge mystery
William Brodie, Edinburgh’s “real” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who was both gentleman and thief
Viva la Vida: Expressing love in death, the cut-watermelon still lifes of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
The horrors of Australian sect “the Family”: 28 “adopted” children were beaten and given doses of LSD
The Ribchester Helmet, a Roman artifact discovered by 13-year-old playing behind house
The 16th century “Black Legend” propaganda demonizing Spain was helpful to its many rivals
