krasnaya polyana: luxury Black Sea ski resort under development linked to Aleksandr Lukashenko—the town makes a good name for the Russian asset in the White House
bride of frankenstein: tour guide uncovers unknown grave of silver screen legend and horror icon Elsa Lanchester decades after her death
parlour of prestidigitation: a visit to Hollywood’s Magic Castle in 1978 with tour guide Orson Welles
kunstformen der natur: the discovery of microscopic marine life informed one of the most influential illustrated books published in the work of Ernst Haeckel
heptarchy: the realm of the Anglo-Saxons could have just as easily turned out being called Sexland
๐:potentially unprecedented in terms of strength and destruction, Hurricane Melissa makes landfall on Cuba and Jamaica
open house: the real estate industry has entered the era of AI slop for virtual tours
turing patterns: the hypothetical evolutionary mechanism that might explain the emergence of complex geometries in Nature
fiend without a face: a 1958 scifi horror feature
if you are a werewolf—and very likely you may be—for lots of people are without knowing: a comedy of manners about a coven of witches is considered a classic of early feminist writing
neunundneunzig luftballons: Lithuanian forces shoot down dozens of balloons invading their airspace dispatched by Belarus
