The world leaders of that time called this the War to End All Wars. Photographer James Francis Hurley joined the Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front as an honorary captain in 1917. Frank Hurley had been no stranger to documenting under risky conditions through his camera. A year earlier, he returned to civilization after … Read more
King Frederick William II once owned this awesome cabinet, which you can now find on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
While many of humanity’s early writings are lost, unfortunately never to be seen or read by anyone, there are a few that have luckily been discovered and preserved, giving us a rare glimpse into the literary works and achievements of ancient cultures. Below are 10 of the oldest pieces of literature ever found. 1. … Read more
The Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, have some of the world’s best preserved mummies. The most famous being the body of a little Italian girl, Rosalia Lombardo, who died in 1920 from pneumonia at the age of two. Rosalia’s father was sorely heartbroken by his child’s death that he requested a well-known Sicilian embalmer, Alfredo … Read more
A man walking in winter in the ruins of the synagogue on Wolborska street destroyed by Germans in 1939. IMAGE: HENRYK ROSS, COLLECTION OF THE ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, they created these walled-off ghettos in cities to segregate the Jewish population. News and sports photographer Henryk Ross lived … Read more
San Francisco’s Cliff House Hotel at its most dramatic (c. 1890) IMAGE: JOHN POPE The Cliff House was first built in 1858 in west San Francisco. Since then, it has been rebuilt five times for various reasons — such as remodeling the hotel or restoration. The third rebuilding of the Cliff House was done by … Read more