Historical Nonfiction

Interesting, zany, and occasionally gruesome historical stuff.

HISTORIFUL

HISTORIFUL is a visual dedication to the splendor and lost charm of Old Hollywood glamour, vintage style, and popular culture.

Los Angeles, CA

Medium Aevum

Blog dedicated to the Middle Ages. Art, literature, architecture, music, history, geography, warfare, way of living, language and culture.

Belgrade, Serbia

Florida Fresh & Other Slices

Old Florida was quirky, historic, beautiful, retro, kitschy and untamed. I love writing about it and there is plenty of adventure if you look in the right places.

West Palm Beach

HISTORICITY (was already taken)

historical philosophy, fierce historical ladies, ancient history, religious history, museum ethics and politics, and everything in between.

Of Another Fashion

An alternative archive of the not-quite-hidden but too often ignored fashion histories of U.S. women of color. Contributions welcomed!

New York, NY

History Of Europe

Basically anything connected to European history - from the very beginnings to now. "You must always know the past, for there is no real Was, there is only Is." - William Faulkner

AncientFaces - Vintage Photos of the Past

AncientFaces is a vintage photo community to discover and share the faces and places from the past.

Silicon Valley, CA

Perez Hamilton

Bitchy. Historical. Gossip.

Old Rags

The history of Western fashion from ancient times through today. Includes fashion plates, original photos, extant objects and artwork.

Charlotte, NC

The Cult of Genius®

Celebrating the Great Minds!

United States

Medieval

Art, manuscripts, architecture, life from long ago.

Baltimore, MD

18th Century History

A look at culture, history, people, and arts in the 18th Century.

Black History

A blog dedicated to celebrating the numerous peoples & cultures of African origin. Black History is more than just a month.

Don't Touch That Dial !

Vintage programs from the golden age of radio. Tune in for comedy, westerns, science fiction, music, mystery, horror and variety.

St. Augustine, Florida

NYPL Wire – The New York Public Library

We're The New York Public Library. We here to inspire learning, advance knowledge, & strengthen communities.

New York, NY

Scouting NY

I'm a film location scout. My job is to stare at New York City. I write about what I see.

New York, NY

(OvO)

"Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief..." Exploring life's ephemeral nature and how those fleeting moments are connected and shared.

Portland, OR

Framing Canada

Photos from the Library and Archives Canada (LAC), which holds approximately 30 million photographs from various public and private sources.

Canada

Fuck Yeah Strange Leaders

Dedicated to bringing you stories, facts, rumors, and images of the weirdest figureheads in history.

USA

Babylon Falling

'60s Counterculture + '90s Hip Hop. Original Scans.

Brooklyn, NY

Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils

Bizarre and intriguing photographs, illustrations, and information about historical medicine, zoology, and biology.

Midwest United States

The Cartography Collective

A cartophile's curated collection of maps from throughout the ages.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Cool Chicks from History

Suffragettes, war workers, factory girls, socialites who got stuff done, ladies who ruled countries, and other women who changed the world, even if it was just a little bit.

LIFE

An additional outlet for LIFE editors to show off the best and newest features of our site, from the iconic archives to breaking news in pictures.

New York, NY

Centuries of Advice and Advertisements

A look at the quaint, misguided, and yet often surprisingly still useful advice and ads of the past.

Virginia, USA

FUCK YEAH HISTORY CRUSHES !!

To the sexy men and women that stay up with you on those late, assiduous nights. History never looked so attractive.

C.P.

Centuries Past presents art and artifacts from the world before 1900. Experience the visions and revelations of ages past!

I Love Old Magazines

Pre-1985 periodical ephemera. By the guys who bring you I Love Charts

Brooklyn, NY / Cambridge, MA

Founding Fatherfest

All Founding Fathers, all the time, with a generous extra helping of Alexander Hamilton. History to be enjoyed without taking it too seriously.

Our Presidents

One space to bring the past 13 Presidents together. Come discover behind-the-scenes history from the Presidential Libraries & Museums.

Another feed to feed.

Occasional ramblings about what's happening in the life of a conservator at a Vermont museum.

Vermont

Art History with Caroline Quintanar

Images & information about art history, mainly Medieval. Have a glimpse a the lesser known pieces and treasures!

Madrid, Spain

Classical Archaeology News

A log of news items about archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean--Egypt, the Aegean, Greece, Rome. Maintained by Francesca Tronchin.

Burnéd Shoés - From A to B and Back Again

Around the world, through space and time with Burnéd Shoés: History, B&W, Vintage, PhotoQuiz, Categories a.m.m. Travel with me through known and unknown places; discover new photographers; find pictures of World War II, other war & conflict photography, famous people, animals, prison photography, or work of a specific time period; admire the amazing output of Magnum Photos; watch inspiring videos or the most popular posts; read my favourite quotes & quotations, and browse for photomontages, exhibitions, black & white or color photography in my digital archive. If you like to test your photography knowledge take the Photo Quiz. I implemented a category search function at the bottom of the Blog to make all this a little bit easier for you. Bon voyage!

Austria

The Ancient World

Ancient art, pottery, jewelry, literature, and architecture.

Lapham's Quarterly

Lapham's Quarterly is a literary journal that collects the best fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essays from over four thousand years of history.

New York, NY

My Daguerreotype Boyfriend

Where early photography meets extreme hotness. From the famous to the unknown, heads of state to nameless criminals, these are the beautiful men of the 19th century.

Old Ads

Vintage advertising, posters, illustrations, art and ephemera from the 1800's to 1960's.

Unhistorical

A day-by-day reflection of history and culture.

California

The Pattern Still Remains

Random snippets of information found in books and online.

New York, NY

Turn of the Century

Everything strange and beautiful from 1850s to 1920s Welcome!

Belgrade, Serbia

Eff Yeah Asian History

Blog dedicated to Asian History - From Modern to Ancient; covering people, places, events, art, and architecture.

Tempe, AZ

Obit of the Day

Obit of the Day looks at the famous, infamous, not-so-famous, and unique lives that have shuffled off this mortal coil. #History

Oak Park, Illinois

The Pittsburgh History Journal

Pittsburgh’s industrial history, social register, academics, art and architecture.

Pittsburgh, PA

By the Gods!

This blog, a comparative study of world mythology and religion, is the product of Tom: a humble History graduate from the west coast of Canada. Every story has a foundation.

Md. Historical Society Photographs

Photograph collections of the Maryland Historical Society, ca. 1840-present day.

Baltimore, Maryland