The Great Gustav: The largest Nazi gun in the world, designed by Krupp, could penetrate a 23-foot concrete wall
After his father committed suicide, Ernest Hemingway wrote: “I’ll probably go the same way”
Until 1915, U.S. parents could legally “mail” their children through the Postal Service
Dresses from the sky: WW2 wedding gowns made from silk and nylon parachutes
War Plan Red: In a hypothetical war between the United States and Britain approved in 1930, the first step was to attack Canada
“Hanging coffins” are remnants of an extinct funeral ritual of Asia, intended to keep the dead safe
The Seven Sisters of Moscow: The peculiar history of Stalin’s Skyscrapers
A French Chateau untouched for a century has become a time capsule museum
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
