Wonderful Adventures in the Old West Article Written by John Davis When we lived out West my three boys, my wife Jane and I liked to go on “Mighty Adventures.” Trips to secret places, ghost towns, old forts, abandoned gold mines, and former settlements of the early pioneers and Indians …
Article Written by Duncan Burden The burning of the Library of Alexandria is lamented as being the greatest loss of literary treasures in history. As the manuscripts burnt to ashes, it is extremely unlikely that they will ever be seen again, even if we knew in full what writings were …
Does a buried treasure lay waiting to be found in Elysian Park, LA? Watch on Video or read below: Elysian Park was founded in 1886, and is the oldest park of Los Angeles. It is also one of the largest parks of LA with almost 600 acres of forest lined …
Watch on MW Video or Read Below to learn more about the Lost Treasure of the Eagle Diamond: On the night of October 29th, 1964, Jack Murphy (aka Murf the Surf) and Allan Kuhn climbed up the stone walls of the American Museum of Natural History and stole some of …
Follow your gut feeling never came more true than in May of 1918 for William T. Robey. He was a stamp collector and was aware that a new issue of stamps was going to be produced which required a two step process. He wrote to his friends the following: “It …
Did you know that when the craze for all things Egyptian in the early and mid 1800’s was rampant, there came to be called and what was known as ‘Mummy Unwrapping Parties’? This type of party was held by some of the most Victorian elites and it is just what …
The World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world. The winner of this event would take home a gold trophy from 1930 to 1970, called the Jules Rimet Trophy. Later, and until present day, the trophy presented to the winner of the World Cup is called …
Ernest Hemingway was one of the great writers of the 20th century. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, and his works, like Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls, continue to be widely read today. Before this success as …
H. Charles Beil, aka The Treasure Man, is hiding treasure caches across the states! If you find one, it is yours to keep. Here is a quick summary of Cache #3: Historical Topic: Theodosia Skulls: 1 (Skull ratings of 1-5, with 5 being the most difficult) Date Hidden: Spring of …
Many people may not realize they have a lost treasure until it is brought to their attention. This was the case for Mrs. Dodd, who in 1925 was reading the Saturday Evening Post, and an article asked, “Have you a Tamerlane in your attic?” She had no idea what a …
