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A 19th-Century Chinese Hat Stand Spent 50 Years in Disguise as a Welsh Lamp

Chinese-porcelain expert Ivy Chan tells the story of a fancy incognito furnishing.
Ashawnta Jackson December 5, 2017
Potted sheeps' tongue shared a place of honor with pickled mango.
food

The Finicky Food Diagrams of a Royal Chef

When you cook for kings and queens, dinner needs to be perfect.
Anne Ewbank November 27, 2017
The mulberry tree.
London, England

Charlton House

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.
Gastro Obscura

Tavuk Göğsü

We have the Ottoman sultans to thank for this creamy Turkish dessert made of chicken breast.
One side of the seal shows two nude lovers embracing.
Norwich, England

Balthild Seal Matrix

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.
The Great Vine.
East Molesey, England

The Great Vine

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.
The Tomb of Seuthes III.
Shipka, Bulgaria

The Tomb of Seuthes III

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.
Poor Neapolitans rush to pillage this Cuccagna, built for the birth of Prince Phillip.
festivals

The Forgotten Italian Tradition of Building Monumental Food Palaces

Then destroying them in a literal hunger games.
Anne Ewbank October 27, 2017
An X-ray of Adrian Vanson’s Sir John Maitland, showing the portrait of a woman believed to be Mary, Queen of Scots.
art

A Ghostly Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, Was Hidden for Centuries

An X-ray revealed the lost portrait.
Sarah Laskow October 27, 2017
The Royal Waiting Hall.
Sweden

Royal Waiting Hall

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.
King Ferdinand I of Aragon had colorectal cancer.
mummies

Italian Renaissance Aristocrats Were Susceptible to Cancer, Too

Mummified evidence that cancer might not be a disease of the modern world.
Vittoria Traverso October 4, 2017
Amazing swans.
Windsor, England

The Queen's Swans at Windsor

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.
The "bottom parade."
Schwerin, Germany

Henry the Lion Monument

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.
The first chapel.
Panzini, Italy

Hermitage of St. Albert Butrio

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.
Another, very similar, version of the portrait, from around 1625, was produced by Rubens's workshop.
paintings

A Portrait of James I's 'Husband' Has Reappeared in Glasgow

"I desire only to live in this world for your sake," the king wrote to him.
Natasha Frost September 25, 2017
The patriotic plantations.
Bakewell, England

England's 'ER' Plantations

The patches of trees pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
An archway like no other.
East Molesey, England

Anne Boleyn's Gateway

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.
Bradgate House.
Newtown Linford, England

Bradgate House

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.