Sweltering in the Old World: The European heat wave of 2003.
A horrifying heat wave in Europe in 2003 killed as many people as the Hiroshima bomb.
The Verge
The legacy of Watergate in 2026: Does it still mean anything?
Does the vast scale of more recent Presidential wrongdoing mean Nixon's scandal is irrelevant?
Interiors: Crew quarters aboard the Liberty ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien.
This room shows that, in addition to being a museum piece, this is also a functional ship.
Research rabbit holes and drunk archaeologists: The making of my KV35 Egyptian tomb video.
Sometimes "doing history" is perfectly infuriating. Even then, it's kind of fun.
Chapter 1 of “Faraway Star,” my new science fiction novel.
Read the first chapter of my book, here!
Interiors: Garden Court, Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
This is one of the central features of the grand Edwardian-era hotel, completed in 1909.
Hitler’s American deejay: The strange story of Mildred “Axis Sally” Gillars.
How a frustrated American actress became a notorious traitor--and paid the price.