Dark Classics

Once, great stories bound us together; now, in their absence, we invent smaller myths to guide us through the fragments of modern life.

Crown shyness is a fascinating natural phenomenon where the uppermost branches of trees avoid touching each other, creating a canopy with distinct gaps that look like intricate, lace-like patterns when viewed from below. This behavior is...

Vlad III earned his fearsome nickname for impaling more than 20,000 people and killing as many as 60,000 others during his bloody reign. He was even said to dine among his impaled enemies and dip his...

Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette is an early work by Vincent van Gogh. The small and undated oil-on-canvas painting featuring a skeleton and cigarette is part of the permanent collection of the Van Gogh...

An illustrated presentation of the legendary deeds of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table follows Arthur's magical birth and accession to the throne as well as the stories of knights Sir Lancelot, Sir...

Chaos over conformity - make your stance clear.