The traveling freak-show was an institution that was almost exclusively Victorian. While traveling circuses have existed since Roman...

A zoo is perhaps one of the most exciting places for a child to visit. Very few are those who do not have some memory of visiting a zoo...

You may find yourself wondering (yet again) what these subjects could possibly have in common. Of course, if you have been following my...

What do Werewolves, Christian hymns, and My Fair Lady all have in common? On the surface, there doesn't seem to be any connecting link...

In honor of our recently celebrated Veteran's Day, I want to look at an often forgotten fight against tyranny, and the survivors of it:...

When one thinks of Paris today, there are many famous places which draw our attention: the stunning views from the Eiffel Tower, the...

There is perhaps nothing quite as iconic of the Victorian era, whether in London, Paris, New York, or any other large city of the time,...

Dorian Gray is perhaps one of the most intriguing characters of Victorian fiction. The Picture of Dorian Gray stands somewhere between...

About twelve miles southeast of Strakonice, in the southwestern corner of what is now Czechia and what was once known as Bohemia, there...

The Founder Jules Mazarin, the founder of the unrivaled Bibliothèque Mazarine, or “Mazarin Library”, was given a rather harsh portrayal...

"Paris has another Paris under herself; a Paris of sewers; which has its streets, its crossings, its squares, its blind alleys, its...

It is very difficult to fit all the accomplishments of a man like Alphonse Bertillon into a single article. Despite this fact, almost...