History Enjoy this first-ever filming of Appalachian musicians Mark Frauenfelder

History Peek at the party inside a real Prohibition Era speakeasy in this 1920s film clip (video) David Pescovitz

cartoons This 1923 cartoon predicted the 2023 advent of generative AI Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction Metropolis (1927) enters the public domain on January 1, 2023 Mark Frauenfelder

art The Voice of the Nightingale (1923) Popkin

france Time travel back to 1920s Paris, in color Popkin

Japan Watch: 1926 surreal film from Japan called "A Page of Madness" Mark Frauenfelder

1920s Cover from 1922 zine called The Flapper Mark Frauenfelder

History Adidas CEO says Hitler-loving Kanye isn't really an antisemite — "It just came off that way." Mark Frauenfelder

police Reporter asks a bizarre "small man" question at captured prisoner press conference (video) Carla Sinclair

art The Haunted Snail Ride was the coolest looking amusement park ride of all time Popkin

portland Portland loses its jug-shaped strip club Jason Weisberger

photography Exquisitely-detailed public domain photographs of plants Popkin

new york A 1920s time capsule, full of historical goodies, was found after slave owner's statue removed Rusty Blazenhoff

architecture How railway travel inspired American diner architecture Rusty Blazenhoff

art This 1929 drawing of Piccadilly Circus underground station is a thing of beauty Jennifer Sandlin

racism Glendale High School in Springfield, Missouri, punishes student who recorded teacher's racial slurs Rob Beschizza

History What is American Exceptionalism, anyway? Elías Villoro

dance 90-something substitute dances the Charleston for high school class Rusty Blazenhoff