J.R.R. Tolkien’s other adventure: Courting and marrying Edith Bratt
The site in Rome where Julius Caesar was killed is now a stray cat-sanctuary
The Shambles, one of Britain’s best preserved medieval streets, echoes with the lives of butchers
Poland’s Moszna: From a Knights Templar shelter to a 99-spire castle favored by Kaiser Wilhelm
Before Daffy, Porky, and Bugs, Bosko was the biggest cartoon competition for Mickey Mouse
Dragon’s blood is not a “Game of Thrones” concoction but a real ingredient used since ancient times
The catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa: one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages
A tale of two cities: The secret City of London that is not part of London
During World War II sliced bread was briefly banned in America
Henri Coandă: The aerodynamics pioneer who flew an early version of a jet plane in 1910
