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
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
