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Anika Burgess

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The Forgotten History of the Neapolitan 'Kindergarten Ship'

The educational experiment in Naples Harbor that turned street children into sailors and students.

August 25, 2017

For Centuries, Readers Annotated Books With Tiny Drawings of Hands

They were the medieval version of a highlighter.

August 23, 2017

Documenting America’s Long, Venerable Tradition of Roadside Dinosaurs

Welcome to Jurassic parking lot.

August 15, 2017

The 1922 Eclipse Adventure That Sought to Confirm the Theory of Relativity

It took 35 tons of equipment and a lengthy voyage to remote Western Australia.

August 11, 2017

brain collections

When Neuroscientists Become Artists

Beauty and brains.

Peer Into the Horror That Is Kirk Hammett’s Movie Poster Collection

They're watching you.

See London’s Underground ‘Mail Rail,’ Then and Now

It's like the Tube, but for post.

The Wool Brigades of World War I, When Knitting Was a Patriotic Duty

The clacking of needles was heard from coast to coast.

Remembering Hair-Raising Landings at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport

Turn right at the mountain.

The Abstract Beauty of One of the World's Harshest Climates

The desert, as you’ve never seen it before.

Mapping Dante's Inferno, One Circle of Hell at a Time

A topography of torment.

Ritual Skulls and Other Magical Objects, in Photos

Spellbinding selections from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic.

children's literature week

The ABCs of WWI, a British Wartime Alphabet Primer

D stands for dreadnought.

children's literature week

The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature

In 1920s Russia, children read about sugar beets, hydroelectric plants, and five-year plans.

Vintage Photos of Traveling Libraries

When bookmobiles brought literature to your doorstep.

Cheap Thrills, Private Dicks, and Desperate Dames From the Heyday of Pulp Fiction

The enduring appeal of the lowest common denominator.

Even World War II Had Its Weird Side

Strange and unexpected photos of wartime innovation, animal mascots, and Churchill in a onesie.

The Hypnotic Allure of Cinemagraphic Waves

They rise, swell, or crest—but never truly break.

Beautiful Miniature Books That Are Worth Sacrificing Your Eyesight For

Good things come in (very) small packages.

The Hunt for Ukraine’s Toppled Lenin Statues

Photographing the hidden afterlives of Soviet monuments.

How San Francisco Chronicled Its Own Tech Boom

A look back at Silicon Valley's adolescence.

botanical illustration

The Amazing Life and Work of Maria Sibylla Merian

The beautiful botanical illustrations of a 17th-century entomologist, artist, and adventurer.

How (and Why) a Photographer Encased His Latest Book in Concrete

The insides match the outsides.

The Strange and Grotesque Doodles in the Margins of Medieval Books

When the edges take center stage.