The ‘health resort’ island kept secret by royals and aristocrats for decades

The elite sought to keep the tranquil Croatian island Losinj all to themselves, and it’s still a largely undiscovered haven ...

A look at how some early suburbs got their starts: Revisiting St. Louis' history

From 4,600 residents in 1820, St. Louis blossomed to 160,800 in 1860 and 575,200 in 1900. Unincorporated St. Louis County was ...
Interesting Engineering

Rare 19th-century dental prosthetic that a wealthy person wore found in Portugal

Recovered from an early 19th-century burial in the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo hospital in Porto, the prosthetic is ...
The New York Times

For Sale: Four 19th-Century Homes With Turrets

These homes feature conical roofs, stained-glass windows, curved walls and, of course, impressive turrets. By Daniela Gorny See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra ...
The Economist

If 19th-century plutocrats are dinosaurs, we’re now in Jurassic Park

DURING THE American Gilded Age of the late 19th century, economic booms and busts followed each other so regularly that they seemed the natural pattern of capitalism. The extravagance of plutocrats ...
Forbes

Late-19th-Century French Art Icons On Exhibit Across America

This fall, Pissarro, Manet, Morisot, Renoir, and Rousseau have special exhibitions across America putting masterpieces drawn from around the nation and Europe and on view. ByChadd Scott, Contributor.
insider.si.edu

A 19th-Century Fitness Buff

Dr. Gustav Zander (1835–1920) was a Swedish physician who helped pioneer mechanotherapy, or the promotion of health and healing through exercise apparatus. Zander studied the mechanics of the body and ...
Space.com

Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic ...
istockphoto

Theory of Architecture: Amphitheatre, Pula stock illustration...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...
CNN

Rare 19th-century condom with erotic etching goes on display at Dutch museum

A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands. Believed to be made from a sheep’s appendix, the ...
The Boston Globe

What’s up with Trump’s fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents?

WASHINGTON — President Trump wants to take America back to what he considers the good old days: the 1800s. He has an unusual fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents — James K. Polk and ...