art Visit automata around the world Popkin

fun These Viking Glass vases are dressed up like the Yip-Yips Jennifer Sandlin

rome Construction crew digs up magnificent 2,000-year-old marble head that had been reused as building material David Pescovitz

nostalgia Rare Discontinued Choco Taco being auctioned off for $25,000 Thom Dunn

books How hundred year old books are restored Devin Nealy

rome This priceless piece of Caligula's mosaic floor was unknowingly used for 50 years as a coffee table in a NYC apartment David Pescovitz

antiques Amateur diver hauls up 900-year-old crusader sword off Israel coast Rob Beschizza

smuggling Hobby Lobby surrenders ancient Gilgamesh tablets to the US Government Thom Dunn

antiques A yard sale customer who bought a small bowl for $35 found out it's worth up to $500,000 Carla Sinclair

automation A tour of Roentgen's 1785 mechanical desk Gareth Branwyn

History Very cheap ancient coins for learning about history David Pescovitz

rome Ancient inscribed Roman slab mysteriously found in England garden David Pescovitz

antiques Heavy metal: down the rabbit hole of cast-iron doorstops Miss Cellania

photography Watch gentleman break the toes off an antique statue while posing for a photo at a museum David Pescovitz

antiques Watch: man overjoyed to learn his $345 Rolex is worth $700,000 Mark Frauenfelder

toys Minnesota county museum's impressive collection of creepy antique dolls David Pescovitz

antiques The existential endtime pleasures of watching silent restoration videos Gareth Branwyn

candy Making hard candy on a restored Victorian machine Rusty Blazenhoff

History "Time capsule" letters from 18th century found in Jesus's butt David Pescovitz