Tag: history
10 Massive Dam Failures Caught On Camera
Some of these are just mind blowing.
The Art Of Boris Artzybasheff
Boris Mikhailovich Artzybasheff was an Russian illustrator active in the United States, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs.
First Chinese principal dancer in NYC Ballet history hopes to inspire more Asian performers
Chun Wai Chan is the first Chinese principal dancer in New York City Ballet’s 74-year history.
Oven Crypts of New Orleans
Oven tombs: quaint, affordable, reusable, and crawfish safe. Do you need more convincing, America?
America's First Cremation Was WILD
SCANDAL. PAGAN RITUALS. A "FROTHINGHAM". This cremation has everything. This is hilarious!
Let's Visit the Churches Made of Human Skulls
Would you want your skeleton to be used as decoration and repentance-inspo? What if you were a 17th century Portuguese Catholic?
What Was The Bubonic Plague? (Black Death)
What is plague? How many people died from the Black Death and the other plague pandemics?
1491: What Was Life Really Like For The Early Indigenous Americans?
We are introduced to indigenous creation stories; discoveries by archaeologists, geneticists, linguists and anthropologists about the arrival of various indigenous people that are believed to arrive via the land bridge from what is now Russia and Alaska a...
How To Make Great Depression Pork Cake With Viral TikTok Baker Dylan Hollis
"Like a pig ran into a box of Duncan Hines!" TikTok and YouTube baking star Dylan Hollis shows Jay Leno, Ayo Edebiri and Kelly how to make one of the strangest recipes from U.S. history, the Great Depression pork cake!
Harpsichord vs Piano: How Different Are They Really?
What’s the difference between a harpsichord and a piano? Watch this video to find answers to questions like “How does a harpsichord sound different from a piano?” and “How does a harpsichord work?”.
Secrets Of The Roman Baths - And Why Swimming Is Banned!
In this video, Alice Loxton visits one of the most fascinating Roman sites in Britain, the Roman baths in the glorious city of Bath. But don’t worry, this is not another dreaded Latin lesson.
8 of the most beautiful works by Rachmaninoff to play on the piano
In this article, we have selected for you eight of the most beautiful works by Rachmaninoff to play on the piano. From his Preludes to his Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini, as well as his famous Piano Concerto No. 2, immerse yourself in the history of the...
Acoustics at the MOST EXPENSIVE Concert Hall in the World
What's behind the acoustics in the most expensive concert hall in the world? Explore the Elbphilharmonie with me in Hamburg, Germany!
The Last Art Heroine
As the sole female survivor of the now famed 1950’s NY Abstract Expressionist art period, the esteemed artist Audrey Flack, 90, reminisces what it was like then - upon entering a musuem exhibit featuring works by the most acclaimed women artists of that...
The Truth About the Winchester Mystery House
The legend goes that Sarah Winchester was so haunted by the ghosts of people killed by Winchester guns that she built her massive house to confuse them and evade death. But it turns out that's not quite the truth... so what is? Who, really, was Sarah Winc...
