The remains of the Winchester Palace: once one of the largest and most important buildings in all of medieval London
The fun but morbid “Struwwelpeter” is a 19th-century German children’s book in which the children suffer bizarre punishments
A tea set dressed in fur, by Surrealist Méret Oppenheim, became first artwork by a female artist shown at Museum of Modern Art
When Piggly Wiggly, the first true self-service grocery store, opened in 1916, it revolutionized shopping
The medieval tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings is to leave France and head for England for first time in 950 years
100-year-old splendorous theater was converted into one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world
The charming Parc Monceau: a hidden gem of Paris created by the Duke of Orleans, later executed by the guillotine
Nymphenburg Palace: the magnificent Baroque residence in Munich built to celebrate the long-awaited birth of an heir
The Sears mail order homes: One of the first lines of do-it-yourself house kits produced from 1906 to 1940