“The Wealthiest Woman in America” was so stingy she took her injured son to a free clinic and so paranoid that she slept holding a gun, a chain of bank-deposit keys around her waist
Cornwall’s Museum of Witchcraft & Magic houses 3,000 objects and 7,000 books but even so is not as interesting as its founder, Cecil Williamson
Digital artist skillfully restores severely damaged vintage photos
The wealthiest African American community in the 1920s, nicknamed “Black Wall Street,” was destroyed by a vengeful mob
When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926, over 100,000 people swarmed the streets of New York City in riots during the funeral and several women committed suicide
Beethoven’s “Elise” was the name of Therese Malfatti, incorrectly transcribed because of Beethoven’s bad handwriting
Weird professions that no longer exist
Michelin Red Guide: How a tire company became the taste maker for the world’s best restaurants
For three months in 1964, Vladimir Nabokov wrote down his dreams every morning, pursuing a theory that time flows backward
Legendary Mexican wrestler El Santo never removed his mask until 1984–10 days later he died
