“I see that you have made three spelling mistakes,” remarked Marquis de Favras when he read his death warrant
A Viking boat grave discovered under a market square in Norwegian city of Trondheim
What Happens in Portsmouth, stays in Portsmouth: the abandoned naval prison’s dark history
A splendorous collection of Art Nouveau storefronts from around the world
Works of art you can actually walk through: Monet’s gardens at Giverny are his “other” masterpiece
How Tolkien banished his WWI ghosts and immortalized his love for his wife, Edith
The Shoes on the Danube Bank: a moving memorial to war horrors in Budapest
In its long life, the Greek Parthenon was used as a church and then a mosque
Finding the origin of the birthday cake with candles (and song) tradition
“For sale, baby shoes, never worn”: Tracing the history of the shortest story ever told
