Midsummer Festivities celebrated the longest day of the year in late June when the sun is at its furthest point from the equator. It’s also the shortest night. Humans have done this for millennia. Imagine our ancient ancestors standing at Stonehenge or another prehistoric structure precisely aligned to
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…
