The Verge Historic Painting: Maslenitsa by Boris Kustodiev, 1919. This amazing painting depicts the Russian winter holiday festival just before Lent.
Earthbound starship: The strange fate of the HMS Beagle. What happened to the famous ship on which Darwin made his epic voyage of discovery?
Corruption or mercy? The Ford Watergate pardon. Why did Gerald Ford pardon Richard Nixon after Watergate? Was it an act of cronyism, or moral and political wisdom?
Interiors: First-class lounge of a Convair 880 aircraft, 1958. The idea of luxury in the skies was quite different 70 years ago than today.