Historic Photo: Nagasaki, Japan, 1865.
This photo was taken just as two eras in Japan's history were in chaotic collision.
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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.