The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has abandoned an effort to reconstruct a detailed picture of hour-by-hour changes in the atmosphere stretching back to the 19th century. [More]
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It took the Sozzi family nearly a century to open an American outpost for their exceptionally crafted Italian furniture, Promemoria, which is finally available Stateside through a New York showroom. The Sozzi family of Lake Como built carriages for Italian nobility in the 19th century, then moved on to make ...
Read More »Sneak Peek: The Conservatorium, Amsterdam
Amsterdam’s former Sweelinck Conservatorium is now home to a 129-room hotel. Fittingly named the Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam, the property opened earlier this month
Read More »Top 10 Oldest Companies
Dont let their age fool you! These longstanding companies are still growing fast. Check out their humble beginnings and rich histories.
Read More »What was cancer like 150 years ago? It was bad (GRAPHIC PICTURES)
Cancer care in the 19th Century was even more primitive than you might imagine
Read More »Cancer in the 1800s: 23 rare photos (GRAPHIC)
Tumors went untreated much longer - and became more disfiguring - in the 19th Century
Read More »Ballyfin Demesne
Ballyfin Demesne, a 600-acre estate 90 minutes by car from Dublin, features a Regency-style main home designed by father-son architects Sir Richard Morrison and William Vitruvius Morrison in the 19th century. Operated for years as a school, the grand manse and its wooded surrounds are now taking reservations. The school announced ...
Read More »Ballyfin Demesne
Ballyfin Demesne, a 600-acre estate 90 minutes by car from Dublin, features a Regency-style main home designed by father-son architects Sir Richard Morrison and William Vitruvius Morrison in the 19th century. Operated for years as a school, the grand manse and its wooded surrounds are now taking reservations. The school announced ...
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