The producers of ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ spent $500,000 to restore the decaying Alcatraz prison and recreate the cold atmosphere
Paloma Picasso, the daughter of Pablo Picasso, is a famous jewelry designer, best known for her jewelry designs for Tiffany & Co
The Coppergate Helmet is the most outstanding example of the Anglo-Saxon period to survive in Europe
The Swan House is one of the best examples of Renaissance Revival architecture and is one of the most recognised landmarks in Atlanta
The Roman festival Lupercalia is thought to be the origins of Valentine’s Day, where men sacrificed goats and made whips from their skins, while women would line up to receive lashes as part of a fertility ritual
Russian explorers unexpectedly measured high levels of radiation in abandoned military bunkers; the level of radiation exceeded the permissible level several thousand times
The Lin Family Mansion and Garden is the largest and most completely preserved traditional home in Taiwan
The strange sarcophagi of the ancient world
The Night Witches of the Soviet Air Forces: the female fighter pilots of WWII
Dating back to the 1200s, the Aberdour Castle is one of the oldest standing castles in Scotland
