Guédelon Castle has been under construction for using strict methods for 25 years in the forest near Paris — and it is nearly complete. Wikimedia CommonsThe Château of Guédelon is a faithful reconstruction of a 13th-century medieval castle that is 25 years in the making.
In the modern age, the desire to return to simpler times may be more alive than ever, as evidenced by an ongoing project deep in a forest of France’s Burgundy region. Read More...
The Unabomber's reign of terror lasted for 17 years and sparked the biggest manhunt in FBI history. But what drove Ted Kaczynski to murder?On April 24, 1995, Gilbert Murray, executive director of the California Forestry Association, received a package. It was about the size and shape of a shoebox and wrapped in brown paper. It was oddly heavy. Stranger still, it was addressed to his predecessor.
The previous executive, William Dennison, had been a vocal lobbyist for the logging industry for a decade and led the charge against environmental groups in what had been called the “Timber Wars. Read More...
Originally designed to create multiple copies of a single document, the Thomas Edison electric pen would end up revolutionizing the tattoo industry. New York Historical Society Diagram of the Edison electric pen
When people think Thomas Edison, they naturally think of all of his inventions. The lightbulb, the motion picture camera, the phonograph and the zoetrope are all things we can thank Edison for giving us. Another thing we can thank him for? Read More...
