Three giant Viking swords stand buried in a stone in Hafrsfjord, Norway, recalling a mythic struggle for unity
The truth about that Indian maharaja who used Rolls-Royces for garbage collection
Pattie Boyd was the real-life “Layla,” who married George Harrison and became the romantic obsession of his close friend, Eric Clapton
Florence Foster Jenkins: The world’s worst opera singer who sold out Carnegie Hall weeks in advance
In 1620s Rome, the best parties by far were thrown at the Villa Borghese
Leeds Castle was the beautiful residence for the queens of England for three centuries, until boy king Edward VI gave it away
For Shelley Duvall, “The Shining” was a personal horror story because of director Stanley Kubrick
The Lobster War: When Brazil and France argued over whether lobsters crawl or swim
Study shows the Amazon River is three times older than previously thought
In WWII, Soviet partisans hid in the Odessa Catacombs, which stretch for thousands of miles below the city
