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Not being Italian was no obstacle to James Caan, who portrayed Sonny in “The Godfather,” winning “Italian of the Year”–twice! News
Nightingale floors: the Japanese flooring system used for alerting castle lords to nighttime attacks by ninja assassins Interiors
In WWII, Soviet partisans hid in the Odessa Catacombs, which stretch for thousands of miles below the city Abandoned Spaces
Mystery: Hours before his death, Edgar Allan Poe was found in the gutter, disheveled and raving Strangeness
W.W. Denslow made so much money from his illustrations for “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” he bought an island off Bermuda, declared himself king Glamour
The “Kryptos” sculpture at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, carries an unsolved encrypted message Strangeness
Art in an other-worldly trance: Pre-Columbian cave images discovered on a remote island in the Caribbean Abandoned Spaces
Steampunk triumphs in the Neverwas Haul, a Victorian house on wheels inspired by science fiction novels Strangeness