Rosina Ferrara grins through a break in her dark tumbling hair as she looks back at us flirtatiously from the summer of 1878. She lives on the isle of Capri where she remains forever 16, immortalized on the canvases of John Singer Sargent. He was 22, in search
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…
