This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Strange wedding sash and lunar myths in distant lands
A collage of odd facts notes that many Japanese brides wear a silk tsuno kakushi to hide jealousy and disobedience, while a mystery writer keeps a cemetery of fictional victims on his California ranch. It also recalls a Peruvian high pass with twin towers and a sun-catching net from ancient belief, as described by Collier's.
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