Gustave Doré’s ethereal illustrations of Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
The Papin Sisters and the murder case that still haunts France after more than 80 years
The abandoned mining camp in the U.S. state of Alaska that was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986
The founder of Mother’s Day spent her life protesting its commercialization
Belinda Mulrooney – The richest woman in the Klondike
Dr. Robert Hooke – The English scientist who discovered the cell, the law of elasticity and observed Mars and Jupiter
Leo Zulueta’s style of neo-tribal tattooing made him known as the father of modern tribal tattooing
The mysterious Crooked Forest in Poland
The death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte
A Heine play burned by the Nazis contains some chilling foreshadowing
