Robin Hood’s Hill
Source: Atlas Obscura Rich in Bronze Age and Roman relics and offering enviable views across the…
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The Minnesota Murderess
Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama In the mid-19th century, quite a few high profile cases of women poisoning their husbands with arsenic shocked Victorian England and the US. It was the simplest way for women to escape a loveless or abusive marriage, and a new test for arsenic was
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The Rude, Cruel, and Insulting ‘Vinegar Valentines’ of the Victorian Era
Author: Natalie Zarrelli / Source: Atlas Obscura In the 1840s, hopeful American and British lovers sent lacy valentines with cursive flourishes and lofty poems by the thousands. But what to do if you didn’t love the person who had set their eyes on you?
In the Victorian era, there was no better
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V&A Dog Memorials
Source: Atlas Obscura The Victoria and Albert Museum—known colloquially to Londoners as simply the “V&A”—houses one of the world’s preeminent collections of art and design, attracting millions of people to West London each year to gaze at the beautiful objects it houses. Yet few realize
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A Bewitching Compendium of Victorians Letting their Hair Down
Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama Not everyone can grow their hair really long, and many of those who can never even know how long their hair can grow because very long hair is a real hassle. How much of the admiration of long hair is because it is a sign of wealth? People became obsessed
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