mermaids A brief history of what we think mermaids might look like Thom Dunn

astronomy An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe, from 1750 Thom Dunn

art Can you spot all the perspective mistakes in this satirical engraving from 1754? Thom Dunn

Art and Design Explore the famed faery painting of an artist dealing with mental illness in the mid-1800s Thom Dunn

tardigrades Behold: the first recorded image of a tardigrade Popkin

dogs Finn the Bat Dog is retiring from minor league baseball Gail Sherman

Trench warfare art of World War 1 Carolyn Townsend

france Carved leaves made by soldiers in the trenches Natalie Dressed

astronomy Prepare for April 8 with antique anthropomorphic depictions of eclipses Natalie Dressed

books Agnes Catlow's Drops of Water is an 1851 book filled with beautiful illustrations of the author's interpretations of microscopic organisms Popkin

How a deadly fabric was made safer through ten thousand burning tests Popkin

tattoo Tattooist to Victorian England's wealthiest patrons Natalie Dressed

experiment A.M. Worthington's remarkable 1895 depictions of a splashing water drop Popkin

trains The forgotten 1802 plan for an underwater brick tunnel to France Carolyn Townsend

Vintage Weird Princess Nicotine: an enchanting short film from 1909 Popkin

cats Uncover the hidden messages in the Wanda Gág's "Millions of Cats"(1928), considered the oldest children's book still in print Popkin

medieval art Enjoy these rainbow-colored beasts from 15th-Century Popkin

Vintage Weird 1920s guide on the correct postures for housework Popkin

Vintage Weird Artist's drawings from 1899 depicts France in the year 2000 Popkin

outsider art The Scare-Fox (1910) was a mechanical device created to scare foxes away from pheasants, and it looks like a fantastic piece of folk art Popkin