Surfing Princess Kaiulani was heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian kingdom. She was known to some as the Peacock Princess for the beloved pets that roamed her childhood estate in Waikiki. She was named the Island Rose in the poem Robert Louis Stevenson, a family friend,
Inventions and Discoveries of the Industrial Revolution defined today’s world.
Strange nineteenth-century customs, holidays and events echo in today’s world.
Victorian Age fashion pushed forward into greater freedom.
Advances in the Industrial Era spawned secret places, many of which you can still visit.
Nellie Bly and other Victorian Era visionaries blazed trails to your future.
Explore pets, plants and other 19th century natural wonders and people who protected them.
Rival journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland raced around the world in 1889. Facing treacherous…
