halloween How was Halloween celebrated in the early 1900s? Gareth Branwyn

public domain Here's where you can get your public-domain copy of The Great Gatsby Mark Frauenfelder

Weird New Jersey has a road called Shades of Death and residents grease the sign to stop theft Ellsworth Toohey

Francis Cadell painting bought for $100 in thrift store fetches more than $250,000 at auction Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Disney World's "Carousel of Progress" now to include progress Ruben Bolling

websites Make your own futuristic computer logo with the Sinclair-o-Matic Rob Beschizza

politics How 1925 press dismissed the Klan at peak power Ellsworth Toohey

History 1920s library sticker told kids to wash their hands before touching Popkin

guns in a lake Guns discovered in Minneapolis lake reveal unusual move by police in 1927 Jason Weisberger

politics Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bought by nonprofit Rob Beschizza

art Artist paints Lovecraft's Great Old Ones into all 46 of Hokusai's woodblock prints Ellsworth Toohey

pop culture Inside Pennsylvania's hidden time capsule of Americana: a 100,000-square-foot wonderland of vintage oddities Popkin

Technology A retired geneticist built an online museum of electrical plugs Ellsworth Toohey

Right to exist How Zionism went from a political philosophy to a loyalty test Jason Weisberger

History Thus spake whippersnapper: kids using old-timey terms again Rob Beschizza

vintage This vintage Scotch Tape ad reveals questionable 1940s beauty hacks Popkin

books Why every reading position eventually becomes painful Ellsworth Toohey

video Rescued cat with a mustache and tiny hat looks like a little gentleman Popkin

Games How much do you really know about the world? This daily quiz will tell you Mark Frauenfelder

politics New book: conservatives abandon limited government in favor of private business and extreme Christian agenda Ellsworth Toohey