Columns Written by Qamar khan Qureshi.
The Vintage News Apr 2, 2018 Terri Likens It was called “the town of the living dead.” For a time, the community of Gauley Bridge in West Virginia was unfairly saddled with that dark label because of work nearby–work with good pay during the Great Depression when any jobs were scarce. Those paychecks were from nearby … Read more
The Vintage News Jun 11, 2018 Andrew Pourciaux (Photo by Gene Lester/Getty Images) When you think controversy, chances are you tend not to think about children’s books. After all, these books, with brightly colored pictures and clever rhyming schemes, are often designed to be as fun and inoffensive as possible. And while there might be the … Read more
The Vintage News Jun 12, 2018 Terri Likens Wakering Stairs, The BroomwayPhoto by Juliane Savage CC By SA 2.0 Walking may be good for your health, except on one seemingly gentle coastal path in Great Britain. It is a path known for whisking even the heartiest of people to a murky demise. The death toll is … Read more
The Vintage News Jul 24, 2018 Stefan Andrews Photo by:Promeneuse7 – CC BY-SA 3.0 Belgium, the country of waffles, fine chocolate, and hundreds of different types of beer, is also a country of striking landmark sites, most notably cathedrals dated to the Middle Ages. St. Paul’s Cathedral in the city of Liège, distanced some 60 miles … Read more
The Vintage News Jul 25, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau An actress playing the role of Mary Queen of Scots at a Scottish fair. Photo by David Ball It was Mary Stuart, the doomed, charming, and controversial Queen of Scotland, who said shortly before her death, “In my end is my beginning.” But even Queen Mary might have … Read more
The Vintage News Dec 22, 2017 Nikola Budanovic Drunken bets have, throughout history, caused the most inconceivable events. Some become intertwined with urban myths, as the results were simply too crazy to believe. One such crazy bet that took place in New York City in the 1950s was well-documented by the authorities. The story of Thomas … Read more
The Vintage News Jun 9, 2018 E.L. Hamilton Somewhere over the rainbow … lies a theme park called the Land of Oz. It’s in Beech Mountain, North Carolina, to be precise, the dream-child of 1970s developers. And though it is now mostly defunct, Oz is open to visitors this month for tours and in September for … Read more
