The real story of the flat bench The real story of the flat bench began around 1900 thanks to George Hackenshmidt. Here is an extraordinary article…
Once part of the Continental Navy, the USS Philadelphia was a gunboat from the 1770s. During the Battle of Valcour Island on 11…
Marina Ginestà i Coloma (29 January 1919 – 6 January 2014) was a French -born Spanish veteran of the Spanish Civil War ,…
The Gargoyle of Notre Dame overlooking Paris, 1910 Historical photos often show us things that we don’t want to see, but that we…
In the early 20th century, a captivating yet heart-wrenching story unfolded, centered around two albino African-American brothers, George and Willie Muse. Their lives…
It’s August 1912, and the Estonian photographer and filmmaker Johannes Pääsuke is on a field trip. He is his country’s earliest adopter of…
15 Sep 1944 - 1 Dec 1944 Contributor: C. Peter Chen ww2dbase Palau Islands 15 Sep 1944-1 Dec 1944 ww2dbasePalau Islands were under…
Baby photos of Leonardo DiCaprio recently surfaced on the Internet this week, but for some reason, fans aren't reacting to the absurdly cute…
The most impressive feats of modern engineering tend to happen at the subatomic level, but ancient architects and builders were working in an…
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Nellie G-THUN was built in 1945 at Republic’s Evansville factory in Indiana and served with the Air Training Command during…