Articles by Luke Spencer

A controversial government resettlement program has left centuries-old fishing villages abandoned.

Need to read up on a 17th-century card trick? Come here.

The once-glamorous casinos and hotels have become a gilded ghost town.

'Our Man in Havana' was published at the end of 1958, and much of the city it describes remains intact.

A look at the empty grand hall of a once-bustling station.

Is it possible to use Bram Stoker's 1897 novel to explore Romania?

Exploring the modern art collection at Hallmark HQ in Kansas City.

At one time in the U.S., almost every town had their own opera palace.

The steamboat Arabia carried 200 tons of treasure when it sank in 1856.

Luckily, dedicated volunteers have been restoring the beautiful planes.

A former bowling alley owner wanted to make a present for his father, and ended up with a thriving business.

The mysterious Cold War base is now an eerie, crumbling ruin.

The micronation of Molossia is very real to its leader.

An amateur pilot halted Nazi saboteurs during WWII, but did he then steal their war chest of cash?

At the turn of the last century, New Yorkers found myriad unusual ways to meet a premature demise.