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An adaptation of Banksy’s “Flower Bomber,” this image shows a librarian throwing Margaret Atwood’s <em>The Handmaid's Tale.</em>

6 Badass Librarians Who Changed History

They will not be shushed.

April White April 5, 2024

A female astronomer peers through Yerkes Observatory's massive refractor telescope in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.

Uncovering the Forgotten Female Astronomers of Yerkes Observatory

It all started with a photo of Einstein.

April White January 9, 2024

Camp Century trench construction in 1960. Caption reads "Metal arch forms being emplaced over undercut trench."

Wonder Is Everywhere: Viking Hoaxes, a Secret Nuclear Ice Base, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White November 22, 2023

This photo reveals interviews with James Brown, Annie Lennox, Al Green, Boris Grebenshchikov (the "Grandfather of Russian Rock"), and many more.

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Unearthing Gems in a Massive Archive of Rock Star Interviews

“They are unpolished and unvarnished.”

April White November 6, 2023

A short sequence from the opening of <em>Late Night Horror</em>.

The Twisty Tale of the BBC Show Supposedly So Terrifying That It Was Destroyed

"Late Night Horror" was weird, innovative, and—mostly—will never be seen again.

Pat Cassels October 16, 2023

Longfellow House is a stately manor on Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, owned by the literary family for nearly 130 years. It was also used as a headquarters by George Washington during the Revolutionary War.

Preserving the LGBTQ Legacy of One of America's Most Historic Homes

Boston’s Longfellow House was a 19th-century refuge.

Anya Gruber June 26, 2023

Sepp Kipfstuhl of the East Greenland Ice-Core Project examines a sample taken from where fast-moving and slow-moving ice meet in the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Wonder Is Everywhere: The New Tornado Alley, the Coolest Library in the World, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White June 23, 2023

How do historians piece together long-lost stories of those who would be considered part of the LGBTQIA+ community?

5 Overlooked LGBTQ Stories to Celebrate Pride Month

How do you learn—and save—a history that was often too dangerous to write down?

April White June 16, 2023

Guy Fawkes is the most notorious member of England’s 1605 Gunpowder Plot, a Catholic conspiracy to blow up Westminster Palace and assassinate Protestant King James I.

How a Threadbare 'Bag of Secrets' Led to Guy Fawkes's Gruesome Execution

The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch.

Kavitha Rao May 19, 2023

Century-appropriate Fox, with a throng surrounding a movie star, perhaps?

‘Cockeyed’ Map Shows Both Glamour and Margins of 1930s Hollywood

Legendary cartoonist John Groth's pictorial map captures L.A.'s film factories in their Golden Age.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think March 10, 2023

A studio portrait of Dan R. Thomas, who lived in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in the 1880s. He would have been 31 years old when this was taken.

How Communities Are Uncovering Untold Black Histories

Historians and citizen archivists in New Hampshire are using old records to tell long-overlooked stories.

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing March 3, 2023

Same-sex “smashes” or “crushes” — ranging from one-sided adoration to mutual devotion — were common at women’s colleges in Victorian America.

In the Victorian Era, Valentine’s Day Was a Celebration of Same-Sex Romance

Such "smashes" were encouraged when women were considered "passionless."

Anya Jabour February 14, 2023

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The Intrepid, Furry Explorers Who Mapped Antarctica

Peek inside the "employment records" of Great Britain’s sled dogs.

Andrew Avery January 19, 2023

The Syrian Cassette Archives website currently hosts 91 fully digitized cassettes, including interviews with artists and distributors.

The Quest to Preserve Syria's Cassette Tape Era

Keeping sounds, stories, and cultural memory alive through years of conflict.

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing November 29, 2022

Best Video Film and Cultural Center

Hamden, Connecticut

Best Video Film & Cultural Center

This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'

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Podcast: The Portland Treasure Map

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team October 5, 2022

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There Maybe Could Possibly Be a Treasure Buried Under Portland, Oregon

At least according to a hand-drawn map of mysterious origin.

April White August 11, 2022

The Archivists Who Rediscovered 700 Years of Irish History

The Virtual Record Treasury is recreating much of what was lost in a Dublin fire a century ago.

Amy Crawford July 20, 2022