Vogelsang, East Germany: How a bucolic village became a Soviet nuclear missile base with warheads pointed at NATO nations
Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau’s Hilarious Mutual Loathing on ‘Hello Dolly’ Set
In 19th century, the mysterious Williamson Tunnels were constructed beneath Liverpool by a man who might have been planning for Armageddon
The fun but morbid “Struwwelpeter” is a 19th-century German children’s book in which the children suffer bizarre punishments
The Eerie and Abandoned “Devil’s Slide” WWII Bunker on California Coast
Prolific composer John Williams of “Star Wars,” “Jaws,” and “Harry Potter” fame has received 51 Oscar nominations so far, more than any living person
A tea set dressed in fur, by Surrealist Méret Oppenheim, became first artwork by a female artist shown at Museum of Modern Art
Belvédère Hotel: The abandoned jewel of the Swiss Alps that played a part in “Goldfinger,” and was a favorite stop for Sean Connery
A man of Ancient Greece proposed to his beloved by throwing an apple at her, a custom inspired by a fateful fight over which goddess was fairest
Prostitutes thrived in ancient Greece, with some wearing special sandals that printed a message in the ground reading, “Follow me”
