Strange but True: “The tree that owns itself” is a white oak in Athens, GA, which is widely assumed to legally own itself and the eight feet of land surrounding it
Helga Estby, who walked across the United States in 1896 to try to save her family farm
Aubrey Beardsley and his “morbid imagination” was the most controversial artist of the Art Nouveau era
Denmark’s Magical Open-Air Museum is Like Walking into a Fairy Tale
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China inspired the floating Hallelujah Mountains of “Avatar,” though the Chinese had their problems with the film
Grandma Gatewood continues to inspire as the first woman who solo hiked the 2,168-mile Appalachian Trail
Vinnie Ream won the competition to create a sculpture of Lincoln, but whispers and doubts shadowed her efforts at carving a “man of sorrow”
Expert re-creates the shoes of 5,300-year-old Ötzi the Iceman, down to the bearskin soles and hay-stuffed lining
When the Nazis entered Prague, they hunted down the elderly Art Nouveau pioneer Alfons Mucha, because he was a Freemason
Astonishing Tales About the Titanic – It Was On Fire the Whole Trip
