All copies of the cult classic “Nosferatu” were ordered to be destroyed after Bram Stoker’s widow had sued the makers of the film for copyright infringement
Jesse James and John Wilkes Booth were allegedly members of a Confederate paramilitary organization named “Knights of the Golden Circle”
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
