Timberline Lodge in Oregon served as the exterior of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining
The first ship which was designed and built as an aircraft carrier was later involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway
Kronborg Castle was the setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet and is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe
Harriet Powers: One of the best-known African-American quiltmakers
Charles Dickens Museum holds the most important collection of Dickens’ personal belongings
Rebuses were a favorite form of heraldic expression used in the Middle Ages to denote surnames
Alice Liddell: The girl who inspired the children’s classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
Edward Carpenter – A largely forgotten Victorian era gay activist, poet, philosopher, anthologist, and feminist
Actually, Fortune Cookies were not part of the Chinese tradition
The first recorded use of the word “boredom” was found in a novel written by Charles Dickens
