Tag: history
The Death-Defying Aerial Stunts of 1920s Barnstormers
A group of stuntmen and stuntwomen who, during the 1920s, repeatedly risked their lives in a quest for thrills and entertainment; and, at the end of the day, to earn a living. Photo: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives There’s always someone who will find a creative way to make money off new [...]
The Mutter Museum of Human Pathology
Photo: istolethetv Medical and pathological exhibitions draw reactions from visitors, ranging from cool, sad or disturbed to disgusted at the taste of the display. However, with exhibitions like Body Worlds breaking all visitor records and popular TV serials like CSI popularizing forensic science, we seem to have come to terms with the facts of [...]
History’s Most Famous Siamese Twins
We occasionally say that a couple are so close that they seem ‘joined at the hip’ – metaphorically speaking, obviously. But imagine this were a reality. (In fact, think about how the term might have developed.) Imagine if a person came from an egg that started to separate into identical twins but got stuck (or, [...]
Scariest Mummies in the World
There’s certainly something scary on the subject of mummies, however simultaneously they’re extremely interesting as well. These conserved human (and animal) bodies have lasted for years, sometimes even millennium, providing a tantalizing view into how our ancestors must have looked and lived. As such, they have been looked for by archaeologists and displayed in museums [...]
The Lost Gardens of Heligan – The Birth Place of Eden
Do fairy tales really exist? In the terms of magical kingdoms the Lost Garden of Heligan could be a true representation of the famous Sleeping Beauty Lands. After decades of neglect following the hurricane hit in 1990 the Gardens of Heligan became swamped and choked in bramble and ivy, leaving the lands forgotten over [...]
Bombing of London – The London Blitz 1940
image credits The relentless barrage that was the unforgivable. 70 years ago, one small stature megalomaniac in Germany set off the most horrendous 76 days and nights of sustained bombardment in the history of the world. Determined to bring the British nation to its knees in abject surrender, he sent his aircraft, the Luftwaffe, to [...]
12 Events that Shaped 2011
Below is a snap shot of some of the headlines that took place across in the world in 2011. 2011 surely was an eventful year with most events evoking sadness and worry across the globe, with the occasional glimpse of hope. But more importantly is the positive turn around we are willing to put in [...]
An Explosion of Colour
The UK calls it “Colour” whilst Americans call it “Color” but regardless of its spelling, the meaning of the word holds just as much passion and power within. Color is the most dominating feature around the globe, and without it, many significant emotions, signals and atmospheres would be lost. Each autumn trees display their leaves [...]
VW Beetle – An Inspirational Photography Collection
The Beetle is like no other, with a reputation and strange combination of its design both being inspired by nature, and desired by Adolf Hitler, the Beetle has become the longest-running and most-manufactured automobile of a single design platform anywhere in the world. Its saturated characteristics and amazing old models starting from the 1930’s guarantees this [...]
The Inspiring Highlights of Arizona
Arizona is a place full of inspiration – an incredible state packed with beautiful diversity that has all evolved with the hot and harsh climate. Arizona brings excitement, and delivers pricked cacti which pave the miles of dry cracked land that has become backed by the sun. Teeming with natural wonders, lands painted in bands [...]
The World’s Biggest Blood-Sucker
So you thought that the biggest Blood Sucker was the vampire bat? Nope, there is a much bigger sucker to be feared. One that attacks and feeds on large mammals, injects anaesthetic and greedily consumes over four times its body weight before becoming satisfied. Slithering through water with modified suckers and 32 brains is the [...]
The Mysterious and Exotic World of Geishas
Stories of Geishas should never be told, as their lives are forbidden and fragile – without their mystery it can not survive. Welcome to a foreign culture, one capturing and moving but still misunderstood. This was a culture where seduction was the key – a time when just a glimpse of the wrist was sexual [...]
9 Terrifying Ghost Ships
When you saw the ghostly pirate vessel, and the hideous crew, in the film Pirates of the Caribbean, it will brought to mind the tales told of infamous ghost-ships through history, and the fascinating stories attached to them. 1. The infamous Flying Dutchman image credits No ghost ship was ever more famous , or notorious, [...]
