Castle Combe: a picturesque medieval village in England once center of a thriving wool trade
Icelandic turf houses: eco-friendly homes, built on lava stones, date back more than a thousand years
“Hell on Wheels” created to describe brothels, saloons, and casinos that followed workers building the railroad
Millvina Dean, last survivor of the Titanic, was forced to sell her Titanic memorabilia to pay health bills at 96
Walter Freeman, who championed lobotomy in the U.S., toured with his “lobotomobile,” demonstrating the procedure
Modern day ‘ghost’ ships washing ashore in Japan
Saltford Manor: It’s believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited private house in England
Abandoned in space in 1967, a U.S. satellite started transmitting again in 2013
The Wacko Story Behind the Expression “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs”
Violet Jessop: The nurse who survived all three disasters aboard the sister ships: The Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic
