110-Year-Old Tree Has Been Turned into a Tiny Library 27th June 201927th June 2019P. NATASHA 110-Year-Old Tree Has Been Turned into a Tiny Library Talk about a “giving tree”! When a 110-year-old cottonwood tree in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,
The Haunted History of Highgate Cemetery 26th June 2019JOHN SMITH One of the creepiest cemeteries in London, the Highgate Cemetery “Highgate Cemetery has some of the finest funerary architecture in the country. It
This astronomical clock is six centuries old and still ticks in Prague 25th June 2019JESSICA SARACENI Six centuries later and still ticking in Prague: The world’s oldest astronomical clock in use One of the most compelling of landmarks in
How Iceland And Greenland Ended Up With Such Messed Up Names 25th June 2019P. NATASHA Why Greenland’s name says “green,” and Iceland “ice,” when it’s the opposite Ever wondered why Greenland, three-quarters of which are covered by the
The Park of Monsters – Giant Stone Creatures That Express Duke Orsini’s Grief 25th June 2019JESSICA SARACENI An Italian duke created the Park of Monsters, filled with stone creatures, as a way of coping with his wife’s death The hills
The Horrible History of The Tower of London 22nd June 2019JOHN SMITH “Little Ease”: One of the most feared devices in the Tower of London was its tiniest cells Little Ease’s tale starts with a
The Monks Who Spent Years Turning Themselves into Mummies—While Alive 22nd June 2019JESSICA SARACENI The Monks Who Spent Years Turning Themselves into Mummies—While Alive Between 1081 and 1903, at least 17 monks managed to mummify themselves. The
Freed Slave, Boxer, Entrepreneur: The Story Of The First Black Celeb Athlete, Bill Richmond 21st June 2019JOHN SMITH Freed Slave, Boxer, Entrepreneur: The Story Of The First Black Celeb Athlete, Bill Richmond When we’re told about black people at the turn of
