History
10-09-2025
Length does matter: unique images of brides 30 years
In the history of the world 30 years remember the economic difficulties caused by the great depression, but the fashion was still ...
10-09-2025
The twin towers in the 70s: how did the world trade center in ...
Before the tragedy of September 11, 2001 the twin towers of the world trade center was scitalis the main symbol of new York. It ...
10-09-2025
Who are farriers and why did their profession disappear?
The word "farrier" has probably been heard by everyone. Today it has a negative connotation and is used as an offensive ...
10-09-2025
Criminals in a new color: photographer colorizes photos of ...
Matt Loughrey is a photographer and graphic artist based in Ireland who has been colourising historical photographs for many years. ...
10-09-2025
Pictures of the Briton Phil Penman, who was at the scene of ...
Fear and confusion gripped millions of New Yorkers on September 11, 2001, the day when these terrible pictures were taken. But the ...
10-09-2025
From personal archives – touching family photos of actors ...
This issue is a post of warm lamp nostalgia, a selection of photos from the family archives of many beloved Soviet actors and other ...
10-09-2025
Francois Duvalier - President of Haiti, sorcerer, ...
The world is full of dangerous psychopaths who can meet on your way at any moment. But there are worse situations, for example, if ...
10-09-2025
The mystery of Nikolai Gogol's skull: who needed the ...
The life and work of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol has always been shrouded in mysticism. Therefore, is it any wonder that strange and ...
09-09-2025
22 impressive photos of things and phenomena that prove how ...
Our world is so huge and diverse that you can replenish your piggy bank of knowledge about it at least every day. In today's ...
09-09-2025
The most important photographs of the 20th century according ...
The last century was the most tragic, memorable and bright for humanity. There were wars, there were important scientific and ...
09-09-2025
23 stunning shots of Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick is a famous director and screenwriter who had a huge influence on American cinema. His talent was already ...
09-09-2025
A collection of archival frames, each of which will tell its ...
Sometimes photos can tell much more than history textbooks. Such pictures from different countries and different time periods are ...
08-09-2025
Stunning Sophia Loren during the filming of the movie " ...
The Millionaire is a 1960 British romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers. Set ...
08-09-2025
Gambler, saint or genius — 10 little-known facts about Leo ...
112 years ago, on November 10 (new style), 1910, Russian writer Leo Tolstoy left his own house after collecting only the ...
08-09-2025
Photos of the Crimean War of 1853-1856
On September 9, 1855, after the heaviest battles, the 349-day defense of Sevastopol ended. In connection with this event, every ...
08-09-2025
The evil fate of Leonie Dantes - the daughter of ...
Many people know that Georges Dantes, who mortally wounded Pushkin in a duel, was married to Catherine, the sister of the poet’s ...
08-09-2025
The riddle of the Second World War: why did the Germans at ...
It sounds strange, but the soldiers of the Third Reich, which was an openly homophobic state, often sinned at the front by dressing ...
08-09-2025
The first Soviet film adaptation of "12 chairs" with ...
Hayday or Zakharov, Gomiashvili and Mironov, Filippov or Papanov — disputes about what the Soviet adaptation of «Twelve ...
08-09-2025
A vibrator and 6 other items that people use for other purposes
Some things were invented for a completely different purpose than what we use them for now. But this is even better!
08-09-2025
Amazakhs are indigenous light—skinned Africans related to ...
It is generally believed that the indigenous population of Africa are people with dark skin or, at least, very dark and ...
08-09-2025
Paradise Lost: what is in an abandoned mansion worth 224 ...
The magnificent house, which is called the "American Versailles", is located in Pennsylvania. The huge building with luxurious ...
07-09-2025
Trash from the 70's: melodies and rhythms of Yugoslav pop
Gidroperitny blonde with Fox tails, languid women leopard suits among birches, shocking men with red hair and a solid uncles in ...
07-09-2025
Salting, dying and other strange rituals practiced in Rus'
Every nation has its own customs and rituals. Now this is no longer so relevant, but once upon a time rituals accompanied a person ...
07-09-2025
10 historical films in which costume designers coped with the ...
History lovers often make claims to costume designers for shooting historical paintings: either the fabric is not from that era, or ...
07-09-2025
Patriotic mass photos of Arthur Mall during the First World War
Arthur Mole is an English professional photographer who became famous thanks to a series of "live photos" taken during the First ...
07-09-2025
False Dmitry I: an impostor adventurer or the first reformer ...
The one we know today as the impostor tsar False Dmitry I, most likely, will remain a mystery of Russian history forever. We know a ...