The Verge Historic Painting: "San Francisco Fire" by William A. Coulter, 1906. 117 years ago today, San Francisco reaped the whirlwind. This is what it looked like.
Historic Painting: “Karneval in Nizza” by Otto Dinger, 1912. This painting captures the fun and innocence of European society in the years just before World War I.
In Wildness: Chris McCandless, Cheryl Strayed, and journeys of discovery. Why does the wilderness call to us as a place of personal redemption?
Interiors: Crewman’s cabin from the SS Balao (reconstructed), Norway, early 1970s. There is some very interesting Norwegian and nautical history on display in this photo.