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Teampull na Trionaid.
Isle of North Uist, Scotland

Teampull na Trionaid

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.
Quartier de Cazerne sculpture.
Paris, France

Sculptures de Décure

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.
The basement jail cell, with its rare yellow bricks.
Frostburg, Maryland

The Jail in the Gunter Hotel

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Stray Boulder.
České Budějovice, Czechia

Stray Boulder (Bludný Kámen)

Locals say the stone that marks the spot where the gallows once stood can lead you astray.
collections

How ‘Photo Detectives’ Have Helped Reveal Irish History

The National Library of Ireland asked the public for help, and the public provided it.
Vittoria Traverso November 2, 2017
The cage on display in 2015.
objects of intrigue

The Hanging Cage That Held an Infamous Québec Murderess

It had been all but forgotten for most of the 20th century.
Eric Grundhauser November 2, 2017
Berthe, later Berthold, Buttgereit's travel pass makes no mention of tranvestitism. But "B.B. is not forbidden to wear man’s clothes" was written on the back.
nazis

The Early 20th-Century ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe From Harassment

The radical days of the Weimar Republic, just before the rise of Nazism.
Natasha Frost November 2, 2017
Aerial view of the Erbil citadel (also known as Hawler Castle)
Erbil, Iraq

Erbil Citadel

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.
The memorial.
London, England

Sir John Franklin Expedition Memorial

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.
Old railroad tunnel on upper part of Iron Goat Trail.
Leavenworth, Washington

Iron Goat Trail

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.
Moscow, Russia

Soviet Dacha

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.
Police search the Deans' garden in Winton.
murder

Was Minnie Dean Really the Wickedest Woman in New Zealand History?

Revisiting the case of the only woman ever executed on its shores.
Natasha Frost November 1, 2017
A smattering of beings described as monstrous in medieval times, including a blemmye (second from right).
31 days of halloween

The Modern Lives of Medieval Monster Scholars

It's an interesting time to see the world through the eyes of blemmyes and demons.
Cara Giaimo October 31, 2017
<em>The Hudson at the Tappan Zee</em>, Francis Silva, 1876.
ships

The Effort to Bring Sail Freight Back to New York’s Hudson River

What's old is new again.
Kelsey Kennedy October 31, 2017
Chigi Chapel.
Rome, Italy

Parish Church of Santa Maria del Popolo

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.
Lilias Adie's face, reconstructed from century-old images of her skull.
31 days of halloween

Meet a Scottish 'Witch' Who Died 300 Years Ago

Digital reconstruction gives a face to a sad tale.
Natasha Frost October 31, 2017
Dublin, Ireland

Sweny's Pharmacy

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.
Beautiful Peranakan tile from the turn of the century is clean and still gorgeous
Singapore

Bukit Brown Cemetery

One of the largest Chinese cemeteries outside of China spent years overgrown and forgotten.