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The title of this 1922 newspaper article hints at the cannibalism that took place during one of Russia’s famines, but does not mention it elsewhere….

If you ever need to store safety pins and needles in the same place, here is a handy pincushion craft that was originally published in…

Counterfeiting Confederate one during the Civil War was big business for the Northern pressmen. Printers made their fortunes by robbing the South, rich and poor,…

In the Louisiana State Insane Asylum, patients were ripping apart a minimum of 15 blankets a night in 1909. Why or how is not mentioned,…

Mattress shaped pincushions were apparently fashionable in 1898, and according to a few newspaper accounts, the playing card pincushion was the thing for women to…

Does the guillotine fascinate or horrify you? What was it like to witness a guillotine execution, and when was the last public guillotine execution in…

It is not the story of the curse, but the wild flavor of old Colorado that makes me love this story of the posse who…

Baby socks are the easiest thing to lose and you will probably ponder what on earth you could do with just one perfect baby sock….

Being one who enjoys Game of Thrones as well as historical fiction, when I saw this 1939 craft project for making a life sized knight…

How did the U.S. Secret Service get started and why? These questions are answered in the article below that was originally published in 1917. How…