Category: Culture
10 Weird and Wonderful Dolls of the 1960s
What a time the sixties were, from clothing to hair and dolls to cars. Here are some of the popular dolls and doll trends of…
Graffiti Highway in Centralia Pennsylvania 2018
Graffiti Highway in Central, Pennsylvania is actually an old, abandoned section of Route 61. About a mile long, people come here from all over the…
7 Things You Never Knew About Coffin Nails
Back in the mid 1700s, England made its coffin nails out of pig iron. These nails were used to hammer accessories, such as handles, onto…
8 Old Sage Herb Superstitions
Many of us grow sage in our herb gardens and some of us go as far as to add the fresh or dried leaves to…
7 Creepy Doll Trends of the Early 20th Century
Some of us are creeped out by dolls. As a child, I never kept any of my dolls in my bedroom at night. As an…
10 Humorous and Endearing Letters to Santa from the Early 1900s
What makes these Santa letters so wonderful is that they are cute, funny, and even a bit troubling. They are also from about a hundred…
Child Test for Psychic Abilities from 1961
It was not uncommon in the 1950s to the 1970s for parents to test their children for psychic abilities. In fact, women’s magazines as well…
Pattern 1947 Bead Choker
Bead chokers can be very easy to make and yet they look like you spent a lot of time putting them together. Back in the…
Psychic Detectives in the 1930s
Using psychics to solve crime is not a new idea. In fact, Scotland Yard began using psychic to solve cases since the early 1900s. In…
Testing Your ESP Psychic Levels in the 1970s
The 1970s saw a revival in the interest of all things psychic. Every day people began researching parapsychology and began performing psychic tests right from…
