The Secret Campground for the Rich and Famous

The Vintage News Aug 23, 2018 Mark Shiffer Bohemian Grove is a large campground in Sonoma County, California. Situated north of San Francisco, the 2,700 acre land is considered pristine wilderness, a quiet enclave with giant redwood trees. It’s also where for two weeks every July, some of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the … Read more

Guinness Brewery Signed a Lease for 9,000 Years

The Vintage News Aug 23, 2018 Katie Vernon Talk about a real Guinness world record! The dark beer with creamy foam is the pride of Ireland. Ever since 1760, Guinness has been brewed at the same brewery, St. James Gate in Dublin, to which the Guinness Company pays 45 pounds in rent each month. The price … Read more

Royal Love Triangle – Princess Diana’s Sister First Dated Prince Charles

Sep 7, 2018 Taryn Smee The year is 1968 and the young, debonair Prince Charles is still a student at Trinity College, Cambridge. It was here that Charles would meet Camila, the lady who would go on to be his second wife and who is considered by many to be the true love of his life. … Read more

Archaeologists Discover the Oldest Library in Germany

Sep 10, 2018 Taryn Smee Humans have always had a thirst for knowledge; archaeologists have found evidence of libraries from ancient Sumeria, where tablets and scrolls were shown to be ordered by subject, usually stored in a temple or royal palace. The most famous and largest library from the classical period is the Library of Alexandria … Read more

Iceland’s Witch Trials Took the Lives of 21 Men and Only 1 Woman – Here’s Why

The Vintage News Dec 29, 2018 James Hoare Like large parts of Europe, the remote sub-arctic island of Iceland became gripped by witch terror in the 17th century. Sparsely populated, mountainous, and volcanic, Iceland had been settled in the 9th century by outcasts, outlaws and adventurers looking for freedom and opportunity away from the Viking kingdoms … Read more

The Most Intriguing Special Privileges of Queen Elizabeth II

The Vintage News Oct 7, 2018 Stefan Andrews Queen Elizabeth II has logged world records for being the longest-serving monarch in British history, and in the history of the world. No other monarch has reigned as long as she has. The Queen’s lifetime achievement was marked on February 6, 2017, when Her Majesty had her Sapphire … Read more

The Infamous “Tylenol Murders” Forever Changed the Way we Take Medicine

The Vintage News Feb 28, 2019 Matthew Gaskill You don’t hear about it much anymore, but an unsolved series of murders in 1982 changed the way people take medicine and changed their thoughts about how safe they were in the comfort of their own homes. In Chicago that year, seven people died from ingesting Tylenol which … Read more

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