victorian Victorian stair clips: the forgotten feature that made cleaning carpets easier Popkin

victorian Space-saving sink from 200 years ago shows brilliant engineering Popkin

photos The secret world of Victorian microphotography: shrinking images to the size of a pencil tip Popkin

candy Wait, sugar plums aren't plums? Everything you thought you knew is a lie Popkin

History Learn about the unsual pineapple cheese of the 1800's Popkin

san francisco San Francisco "Painted Lady" gets pixelated makeover Rusty Blazenhoff

public domain 1896 photo featuring woman with long mane of hair growing from her back Popkin

books A cute and silly book of punctuation marks brought to life in 1824 Popkin

Sex The royal sex chair of of Edward VII Gareth Branwyn

san francisco Watch this time lapse video of a Victorian house cruising through San Francisco Janelle Hessig

crafting Macabre Arts Maven, Christine McConnell, Buys a Creepy Mansion in New York State Gareth Branwyn

film The world's first Christmas movie is a silent one made in 1898 Rusty Blazenhoff

Steampunk Kinetic steampunk pub in Romania is boozily adorable Xeni Jardin

Boing Boing Gadgets This $430 MacBook Pro once cost nearly $2,000 Boing Boing's Shop

Science What is spontaneous human combustion, and is it real? Ellsworth Toohey

History The Strand once published a jade specimen worth exactly one fat man Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1858 the Thames smelled so bad that Parliament fled and Disraeli called it a 'Stygian pool' Ellsworth Toohey

History How a raunchy love charm became an innocent nursery rhyme Ellsworth Toohey

Science Vivianite may be the most goth crystal on Earth with its eerie glow and graveyard origins Popkin