We delight in discovering the strange, mysterious, sexy, untold stories behind the people, places, and things we think we know everything about. Read along with us as we chase down amazing stories from around the world.
We have community theatre to thank for the Met Gala. I’m dead serious. The kind of theatre where your niece plays Drunkard #3 in Les Misérables, and you spend the entire second act wondering what the hell is happening because the children are whisper-singing over a haunted karaoke track. That kind. Fast forward a few […]
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A few weeks ago we got the first call from a museum partner: they were canceling group gatherings, including all third party tours. Over the next few days, every museum we operate in announced closures. First for a few days, then for a few weeks, and now for at least a few months. At the […]
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If you’re into historically accurate medieval BDSM, we’ve got bad news for you.
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We believe that the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the BEST museum in the entire world. And definitely the very best in NYC. But how many museums are there in the city? NY.com says there are 83 museums in total among the 5 boroughs. 100 museums in New York City, according to this website. 32 museums in Manhattan, […]
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In 1973, members of the Oglala Lakota tribe and federal agents faced off in a 71-day siege that was 83 years in the making.
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Check out our favorite museum holiday events and exhibits coming up in 2018 at museums and institutions all around the world.
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Hungry near the High Museum? Take a look at some of our favorite options of where to eat near the High Museum.
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Arguably America’s most beloved tale of humans eating each other.
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In the summer of 1212 CE, 20,000 kids had the shittiest summer vacation in human history.
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A New England ghost story from the wrong side of the tracks.
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Hungry after your museum tour? Here are our suggestions for where to eat near the National Portrait Gallery.
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Occultist, blaspheming wizardry is in the eye of the beholder.
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What do you do when you’re king of China? Build a lake of wine and a forest of meat.
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Sometimes if you want to meet someone, you gotta get sent to a wartime labor camp.
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You know what they say about the Neapolitan syphilitic zombie outbreak of 1495: if you remember it, you weren’t there.
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In 1784, the Dutch and the Holy Roman Empire clashed over control of the Scheldt River. There were many survivors.
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In 1910, Henry H. Goddard coined the term “moron” because he needed a word for my ancestors. Ouch, buddy.
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Ready to feel old? At 19, Gavrilo Princip had already assassinated an archduke and kicked off World War I.
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Sometimes the best ancient epic poems raise more questions than answers.
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Three popes: that’s the dream, right? Well, they tried it in 1409. Turns out that’s too many popes.
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Washington Crossing the Delaware is an incredibly famous painting. It’s also incredibly wrong.
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The most interesting man in the world isn’t the Dos Equis dude. It’s a badass adventurer named Carl Akeley.
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In the 860s, the viking chieftain Hastein pulled the ultimate tourist move: he sacked the wrong Mediterranean city.
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Most Americans know three things about John Hancock: he was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, he signed his name really big on said declaration, and his signature is now so famous that we call signatures “John Hancocks” in American English. It’s three more things than I’m famous for, but I can’t help […]
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Humans started digging up dinosaur bones on purpose in 1822; 150 years later, we asked “where are the little one?” What was the hold up?
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The real hackstory of Hercules isn’t quite so family-friendly.
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How a beef between King Harold of England and William the Bastard changed the English language forever (and gave us the word “beef”).
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If you think your last Thanksgiving was bad, be glad you weren’t a guest at Nitocris’ banquet.
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When the Nazis killed her husband, Mariya Oktyabrskaya killed ’em right back.
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Look, everyone knows cats are in league with Satan. But did medieval Europeans really kill them all for it?
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Most depictions of the god Pan show him playing his pan flute. The story of how he got it? Pretty f***ed up.
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It’s 1861. A plot has been uncovered to assassinate everyone’s favorite top-hatted president, Abraham Lincoln. Who you gonna call? The answer my friends is Kate Warne; trailblazer, spy, and all around Badass Bitch.
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The worst president in history that you probably know nothing about.
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Lillie Hitchcock Coit was her name and gamblin’ was her game.
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When you’re a Caesar, you’re never crazy. You’re “eccentric.”
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Hell hath no fury like a woman whose husband got ripped in half by birch trees.
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When Teddy Roosevelt was shot at a campaign stop in 1912, he kept the bullet and gave his speech.
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From slave trade galley, to democratic pirate ship, to waterlogged husk off the coast of Cape Cod—this is the story of the Whydah.
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Pythagoras? Yeah, he was a cult leader.
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If it doesn’t have cryptic death dioramas, brutal sacrifices, and alcohol poisoning, it ain’t a Viking funeral.
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