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Al Hirschfeld's drawing desk and chair
New York, New York

Al Hirschfeld's Desk and Chair

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.
A panoramic view of the stage from the back of the balcony.
New York, New York

United Palace Theatre

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
Lulu demonstrating the secret behind her balance test.
victorian

The Victorian Teenage Girl Who Entertained Crowds by Overpowering Men

Lulu Hurst's seemingly supernatural strength made for a compelling night out.
Tony Wolf March 30, 2017
Minnie Pearl Chicken Wire Sculpture
Centerville, Tennessee

Minnie Pearl Chicken Wire Statue

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.
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Watch a Melodramatic Communist Ballet from 1964

A ballerina weeps over the hammer and sickle in Mao's production of "The Red Detachment of Women."
Molly McBride Jacobson January 5, 2017
pt barnum

Watch an Armless, Legless Man Light a Cigarette

Prince Randian, a top-billed sideshow performer, did everything with his lips alone.
Molly McBride Jacobson January 3, 2017
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Watch Faux Japanese Acrobats Perform Death-Defying Stunts

Can you figure out this trick of early cinema?
Molly McBride Jacobson December 7, 2016
Water puppet show
Hanoi, Vietnam

Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.
The birthplace of Dada.
Zurich, Switzerland

Cabaret Voltaire: the Dada House

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.
Rosendale, New York

Widow Jane Mine

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
performances

Meet the Snake-Hatted Woman and Elastic Skin Man of the Harvard Theatre Collection

One of the largest performing arts collections in the world also has some of the most unusual visuals.
Anika Burgess July 15, 2016
animals

How Counting Horses and Reading Dogs Convinced Us Animals Could Think

Before the fin de siècle fad for 'wonder animals,' most people assumed creatures were mindless.
Atlas Obscura May 12, 2016
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Watch One Man Walk 1,630 Feet Across the Utah Sky

Théo Sanson is quite the slackliner.
Tao Tao Holmes April 25, 2016
Peatónito takes on Flatbush & Atlantic.
performances

Fleeting Wonders: The Luchador Protecting Brooklyn's Pedestrians

Peatónito, a self-appointed "pedestrian superhero," has been climbing on cars all over New York City.
Cara Giaimo March 10, 2016
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Romans Once Filled the Colosseum With Water and Staged an Epic Mock Sea Battle

Tao Tao Holmes January 27, 2016
Le Pétomane performs at the Moulin Rouge theater, late 1800s.
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The True Story of Roland the Farter, and How the Internet Killed Professional Flatulence

Linda Rodriguez McRobbie November 9, 2022
Santas on the subway 2008
santa claus

The Danish Anarchists Who Inspired SantaCon Could Not Have Imagined Its Bro-Hell Future

Natalie Zarrelli December 9, 2015
performances

The Exit Interview: I Spent 12 Years in the Blue Man Group

Eric Grundhauser June 26, 2015