German woman’s jacket catches fire after she mistakes white phosphorus for amber on beach
Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano, built by Lorenzo the Magnificent, was later home to Elisa Bonaparte
From Avenger and Bond Girl in the 1960s to “Game of Thrones” today: Diana Rigg
Victor Lustig, the smoothest con man in the world, sold the Eiffel Tower–twice
The Molly Brown House in Denver is devoted to the heroine of the RMS Titanic tragedy
The British pilot whose actions triggered the Spanish Civil War
Scold’s Bridle was a horrific device used to punish medieval women for slander and gossip
The Incas did not have any alphabetic writing system, but they did have the Quipu
Hunters find a 1,200-year-old Viking sword in remarkably good condition
Frozen in Time: Inca mummies, buried 500 years ago, look as if they died yesterday
