Category: Culture

Before highways, neon dance halls, and coin-operated jukeboxes, the rural West made its own fun.  A cowboy dance was not a ticketed event with posters…

Across Europe and well beyond, builders once believed that a structure needed more than timber and stone. It needed a guardian. To make a new…

March, once the first month of the year in the Roman calendar, is named for Mars, the powerful Roman god of war. As the season…

February, though today known as the second month of the year, was originally the last month of the Roman calendar. Its name comes from the…

January, the first month of the calendar year, takes its name from Janus, the ancient Roman god of doors, gates, and transitions. His name, rooted…

When we think of Ancient Rome, grand architecture, gladiators, and conquests often come to mind. But behind the empire’s military might and cultural legacy lies…

If you’ve ever heard the phrase “sent down to Davy Jones’ Locker,” you’ve brushed up against one of the most chilling figures in old English…

In the shadow of the Black Death, a chilling figure emerged from the depths of European imagination – a grinning skeleton with outstretched arms, inviting…

Writing one’s own obituary is nothing new, but it’s a topic rarely covered in newspapers today. Maybe that’s because local papers are dying off, and…

When we think of terrifying figures lurking in the night, we picture shadowy figures, highwaymen, or even the infamous Jack the Ripper. But in the…