History

Alice Elizabeth Doherty (the Minnesota Woolly Girl) is a person born with a rare condition known as hypertrichosis. She was born in Minneapo…

Before we had the reliable infrastructure and heavy transport, loggers had to use the rivers as the way to transport their products to the sawmills and

Uncover the haunting images of everyday life in Victorian England’s slums. Explore the stark realities of poverty and survival in this era.

One of the most famous owners of the Aphicar was President Lyndon Johnson. Those leisurely rides created the opportunity for a clever prank that Johnson enjoyed playing on his passengers.

The real Nathan Algren was French!

Though it happened more than a century ago, many Alaskans might still be familiar with the image of a boat seemingly pointing towards the sky. However, the rest of the story is slightly less well known.

Known as the “world’s largest log cabin,” the Forestry Building was constructed as part of Portland’s Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905.

“We will see that every man in uniform gets a bottle of Coca-Cola for five cents, wherever he is, and whatever it costs the company.”

Researcher Clare Weston details the impressive journey that Titanic’s Anchor made, from it’s creation in the forges of the Black Country to the shipyards of Belfast.

When you come across a nice Kar98K Mauser without import marks, and the guy selling it gives a story about how it was taken from the “body of a dead Nassi,” keep in mind most of those r…

The Civilian Defence Gallantry Awards records, 1940-9, have been digitised, detailing the courageous deeds of men, women and children at home

During World War II, while soldiers fought on battlefields abroad, Land Girls emerged on the home front in the United Kingdom.

This photograph by Ricardo J Ferro won the 1970 National Press Photographers Association annual competition – kid in the garbage pail as mom sits by.

These vintage humorous postcards from 1904-1905 show staged photographs of “children for sale” in France from 100 years ago.

STRONGMAN GUST LESSIS:THE GREEK-AMERICAN SAMSON Without question Gust Lessis occupies one of the most unique roles in the history of Greek strong men in North America….

Celesta Geyer, a.k.a. Dolly Dimples: “The World’s Most Beautiful Fat Lady” Today is the birthday of Dolly Dimples (b. Celesta Herrmann, 1901-1982), one of the most famous…

There’s nothing like a good old blast from the past. I love looking at vintage black and white photos. Getting a glimpse of the past…

Kayan Lahwi people, also known as the “giraffe women” tribe, in Myanmar. Learn more about their traditions and significance of the neck rings.

Old-timey people were insane. Like Lovecraftian-world-of-horrors insane.

For several years, a black-and-white photograph purporting to show a man holding an enormous grasshopper has been widely shared on social media: The most obvious…