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Chicago circa 1910. State Street north from Madison.

Cleveland circa 1900. Superior Avenue at City Square.

Detroit circa 1908. Interior of Aquarium, Belle Isle Park.

Little Rock, Arkansas, circa 1910. Southern Trust Co. building.

Philadelphia City Hall circa 1905.

Detroit, 1908. Cadillac Square, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and Hotel Pontchartrain from City Hall.

Fall 1900. New York City. Metropolitan Opera House, Broadway and 39th Street.

Birmingham, Alabama, 1906. Southern Club and Birmingham Athletic Club, 20th Street.

Equestrian statue of Nero, seen from behind, the Great Fire of Rome in the background. Artist: Johannes Stradanus.

Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. Artist: Marco Dente.

Equestrian statue of Domitian, seen three-quarters to the left, with his stabbing death at right in the background. Artist: Johannes Stradanus.

Equestrian statue of Julius Caesar, seen from the front, with a scene of a naval battle on pedestal below. Artist: Johannes Stradanus.

Below is an e-mail I received from a person from Smolensk, Russia. Please feel free to comment. My childhood memories of the 19th century. Hello, friends. I always knew that something was wrong with the 19th century. But I did not tell anyone about it, but simply looked for information. I...

Ran into this depiction of our realm on the internet. Can't find the original source. Looks highly questinable, but who knows... Any ideas on what this is?

It looks like whatever else was written on that wall or building was painted over. The image quality is not great but it looks like a structure older than 20-30 years old. This panoramic is a bizarre thing ofmistery and beauty. The below paragraph might give an idea of where the photographs...

The Great Fire of Toronto of 1904 destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 19, 1904. It was the second such fire for the city in its history. The fire claimed one victim, John Croft, who was an explosive expert clearing the ruins from the fire. The fire was first...

With a remote possibility of AI not being a new technology, what could it mean for our historical narrative?

Star Theatre (also known as Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre) is a 1901 short documentary film in which time-lapse photography is used to show the dismantling and demolition of New York City's Star Theatre over a period of about a month. Formerly called Wallack's Theatre, the Star...

I am not sure I understand what we gain from figuring out what that particular hammam bath business was.

The story involves a construction foreman who fires one of his crew for fighting, which leads the disgruntled employee to steal. He then cause the blame to be put on the foreman, who is finally exonerated when the thief is exposed. All of this conflict is woven in and around the actual...