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Bremen, Germany

Bremer Ratskeller

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

The reredorter.

Somerset, England

Muchelney Abbey

The ruined abbey includes a rare surviving example of a monastic latrine.

Cattaraugus, New York

American Museum of Cutlery

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Literary Café

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Cordell Hull Birthplace Museum.

Byrdstown, Tennessee

Cordell Hull Birthplace Museum

The longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in this humble cabin.

We've all gotten used to the strangeness of calendars, but some argue they don't have to be quite so strange.

Why Calendars Are So Weird, and What Might Be Done About It

Imagine a calendar that is the same every year—sort of.

Dan Nosowitz December 31, 2019

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Tulip Museum

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

An employee prepares French dragée candies, which fit into a lineage of wedding and confetti edibles.

The Edible History of Confetti

Before the paper variety, nuts, hops, and dates rained down—and put out the occasional eye.

Christa Weil Menegas December 30, 2019

Door of No Return.

La Porte du Non-Retour (The Door of No Return)

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

This Champagne inspector wears a mask to protect her face from shattering bottles.

How an English Energy Crisis Helped Create Champagne

Desperate bottle-makers turning to a new fuel resulted in a sparkling innovation.

Jai Ubhi December 27, 2019

Fortress of Bač

Bač Fortress

A well preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina.

Arch of Marcus Aurelius.

Tarabulus, Libya

Arch of Marcus Aurelius

This triumphal arch is the only fully standing structure that remains from Roman-era Oea.

Emperor Norton "Pause, Traveler" plaque (1939) following 2018 restoration. Photo:

South San Francisco, California

Emperor Norton Plaque

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

Actor Alexander Khvylya plays Ded Moroz at a New Year performance the Kremlin in 1969.

How Santa Survived the Soviet Era

Of all the variations on the beloved character, Russia's Ded Moroz might have the strangest history.

Dan Nosowitz December 19, 2019

Chocolate babka French toast is a defining feature of Fletchers's klezmer brunch.

A Montreal Museum Café Digs Into the Foods of the Jewish Diaspora

At Fletchers, cookies and bagels come with a side of food history.

Caitlin Stall-Paquet December 18, 2019

Fort Norumbega

Weston, Massachusetts

Norumbega Tower

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

A local teacher saws away at this year's stollen.

Every Year, Dresden Kickstarts the Christmas Season With a Four-Ton Cake

Sixty-three bakeries pitched in to build a mega-stollen.

Sam O'Brien December 17, 2019

Weston, Missouri

O'Malley's Pub

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.