Curse of the Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond is the most famous diamond in the world. It now resides in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., in the National Gem Collection. Many people know that it has a famous curse attached to it, but what are the details of the curse, and...
Corning, N.Y., ‘The Crystal City’
The city of Corning, N.Y., was once known by another name. Newspapers called it "The Crystal City" because of the large number of cut glass and glass products being produced there in the early 1900s that was sold all over the world. Local production...
Silhouettes: Outlining history
Silhouettes are thought of as a featureless side view of a person, with a backdrop of white or cream, usually in an old antique frame with some sort of historical value. Really, a silhouette is simply a person, animal, object or scene that is a solid black...
The world-famous antique clock: Rauthaus-Glockenspiel
There is a giant mechanical, working clock in the plaza, or Marienplatz of Munich, Germany. It is called the Rathaus-Glockenspiel, and it spins and moves and tells two different stories, high above the square, with life-sized wooden figures that move and...
