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Lady Hamilton as Circe by George Romney

The Society Lady Who Brought Ancient Greek Fashion to 18th Century Europe

A stylish tragicomedy.

Mariana Zapata October 12, 2016

The proud legacy of Don Juan Ponce de Leon.

St. Augustine, Florida

The Fountain of Youth

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Franken Berry and the other Monster Cereals remain cult favorites.

The 1970s Monster Cereal That Caused a Pink Poop Panic

"Franken Berry Stool" was a common childhood ailment.

Cara Giaimo October 10, 2016

Ephesus' Cave of the Seven Sleepers.

Acarlar Köyü, Turkey

Yedi Uyurlar Mağarası (Cave of the Seven Sleepers)

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

Cats lounging on ancient architecture

Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Gesundbrunnen Bunker - Entrance from inside

Berlin, Germany

Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin)

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Exterior of the restored Baltimore Basilica.

Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore Basilica

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

Lucille Mulhall with her kneeing horse at the Calgary Stampede, 1912

The Ballad of Lucille Mulhall, America's Original Cowgirl

As a 14-year old, she roped steers in front of President Roosevelt.

Eliza McGraw September 28, 2016

Coussac-Bonneval, France

Château de Bonneval and The Devils Tower

Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.

Twinings tea shop on the Strand.

London, England

Twinings Tea Shop

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The Mystical Early Pennsylvania Settler Who Lived in a Cave

Johannes Kelpius was really keen on the apocalypse.

Ed Simon September 27, 2016

A police vs. firemen pushball game at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

The Best Sport Of The Early 1900s Involved Pushing Around An Elephant-Sized Ball

Invented by a football-hating electrical engineer, eventually, horses got involved.

Cara Giaimo September 26, 2016

How to Shop for the Revolutionary War

A cottage industry of craftspeople is dedicated to making accurate reproductions of objects used in 18th-century life.

Sarah Laskow September 21, 2016

Meet the Woman Who Is Preserving the Smell of History

One scientist's quest to capture old scents.

Eric Grundhauser September 20, 2016

Hartford, Connecticut

Coltsville

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

Utopia College in Eureka, Kansas. Later renamed Midwest Institute.

Utopia College

A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.

The cave from the front.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cave of Kelpius

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

The cour des miracles as imagined in an illustration to The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Cours des Miracles (Court of Miracles)

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.