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An Elvis impersonator officiates a wedding at Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.
churches

How Elvis Became the King of Las Vegas Weddings

Overcoming threats to cease-and-desist, Las Vegas’s iconic Elvis weddings live on.
Shoshi Parks July 17, 2024
paintings

Unveiling the Mystery of a Royal Wedding Dress Lost for 179 Years

Made famous by 'The Empress' on Netflix, Sisi and her missing garment provoked an imperial hunt over centuries.
Ronan O'Connell August 30, 2023
Malacca, Malaysia

Hang Li Poh’s Well (Perigi Raja)

Initially built for a Chinese princess and sultana, this well was used to secretly assassinate some 200 Portuguese colonizers.
The top tier of Shizuo and Frances’s wedding cake, which has miraculously survived since they were married in 1943.
objects of intrigue

Found: An 80-Year-Old Wedding Cake With a Tragic Past

Frances Nishimura preserved this sweet keepsake for generations.
Natasha Varner February 16, 2023
Russian painter Valery Jacobi's 1878 <em>Ice House</em> depicts the jester, Mikhail Golitsyn, and the Kalmyk woman, Avdotia Buzheninova, being paraded to their icy bed chamber.
castles

The Time a Russian Empress Built an Ice Palace and Forced Her Jester To Get Married In It

Cruel joke, power move, or both?
Sarah Durn October 4, 2022
Basingstoke, England

Preserved Victorian Wedding Cake

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.
A monster supercell in Sublette, Kansas.
photography

Meet the Storm-Chasing Photographer Who Can Also Shoot Your Wedding

In both cases, "You’re trying to find the best spot to shoot a moment in time that no one is ever going to see again.”
Luna Shyr July 21, 2021
Suspension bridge that formerly crossed a fish pond.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Tule Springs Ranch

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.
Pork belly with xanducata.
Morelia, Mexico

LU Cocina Michoacana

This upscale restaurant specializing in Michoacán cuisine serves sauces tied to important life events.
This tin contains the wedding cake of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the last in a line of royal wedding fruitcakes.
food

You Can Still Buy the Actual Fruitcakes Served at British Royal Weddings

The often-insulted confection was once featured at weddings as well as Christmas.
Anne Ewbank December 9, 2019
Cleo and David Gakshteyn's sweet serendipity.
food

This Restaurant Has Wed Six Couples in Pools of Chocolate

Desserted at the altar.
Rohini Chaki April 23, 2019
This 1797 engraving was said to be inspired by a real-life wife sale in London that year. A man reportedly took his wife to Smithfield Market, tied her to a railing, and sold her for a guinea, along with "twenty pounds in bad halfpence," to a Paddington florist.
bars

When Divorce Was Off the Table, English Couples Dissolved Their Marriages With Beer

The practice of "wife-selling" wasn't legal, but a drink signaled freedom from a relationship that had soured.
Zara Stone February 13, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Cake Pull

At some New Orleans weddings, bridesmaids predict their futures with these hidden charms.
Gastro Obscura

Burying Bourbon

In the American South, some believe it deters rain on one's wedding day.
Meat piled high and served on a trami.
Gastro Obscura

Wazwan

This Kashmiri feast features 36 dishes and takes more than two hours to eat.
royalty

In the U.K. You Need Permission to Put 'Royal' in Your Business Name

It's not a word you can just throw around.
Cara Giaimo May 18, 2018
animals

The Tower of London's Ravens Can Be Dismissed for Bad Behavior

"Conduct unbecoming to Tower Residents" is not tolerated.
Sarah Laskow May 17, 2018
objects of intrigue

In England, Certain Royal Appointees Get to Carry Special Rods and Wands

They're all different colors, too.
Sarah Laskow May 16, 2018