[ad_1] The Great Peshtigo Fire erupted on October 8, 1871, devastating 1.2 million acres of land and killing more than 2500 people in northern Wisconsin and...
[ad_1] The Lumière brothers were said to have caused quite a stir when their 50-second short film, The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, premiered in...
[ad_1] If you’ve ever been to a funeral (or behind the procession of one on the road), you’ve probably seen a hearse—and perhaps you’ve noticed that...
[ad_1] They may not be able to jump those turnstiles like they could decades ago, but that didn’t stop The Warriors from coming out to pla-ay....
[ad_1] The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck’s award-winning political novel about the Great Depression. It follows the Joad family as they’re forced to leave their...
[ad_1] What did Chicago look like at the turn of the last century? Yestervid, a video series showcasing film compilations, answered that question by dredging up some of the...
[ad_1] Faking your own death is not in and of itself illegal. If you wanted to walk away from your life and start anew, there are...
[ad_1] Owls are enigmatic birds, by turns mysterious, lovable, or spooky, depending on whom you ask. With over 200 species living on every continent except Antarctica,...
[ad_1] “I am pouring forth a penny dreadful,” Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a friend in the autumn of 1885. “It is dam dreadful.” The pulp piece...
[ad_1] These dogs have a lot of personality packed into little bodies. Learn more about this energetic breed and its history. These little dogs were bred...
[ad_1] Like a cheetah’s spots or a zebra’s stripes, a male lion’s mane is perhaps the animal’s most iconic feature. But there is actually a significant amount of...
[ad_1] Whether you and your friends had Kirsten, Molly, Samantha, Felicity, Addy, or Josefina, these wildly successful, historically accurate dolls defined the childhoods of many girls in the...
[ad_1] The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the oldest, largest, and most mysterious monuments ever created. Between its expansive mythology, nebulous origins, and alleged...
[ad_1] The 1997 movie Contact, starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey, proved to be a solid hit for Warner Bros. But the film—directed by Back to...
[ad_1] It’s impossible not to have fun when hanging out with this goofy, lovable breed, whose personality is as unique as its looks. Here’s what you...
[ad_1] When some people look at the above photo of a harmless lotus seed head, the skin on their necks crawl, their hearts flutter, their shoulders...
[ad_1] An image of Spanish moss draping from the trees often reminds people of sultry summer days in the South. Prettier than kudzu, less formal than...
[ad_1] No one does super-fandom quite like the Brits, and back in late ’90s, it looked as though Beatlemania might finally be outdone by the ultimate...
[ad_1] Most people have only ever seen a genuine Egyptian mummy in a museum; fictional mummies, of course, are all over film, literature, and Halloween costume...
[ad_1] It’s common sense: If you make a big deal over something, it’s going to attract attention. And if you’re an international celebrity—like, say, Barbra Streisand—you’re going...