"Victorian" Blogs & Blog Posts

'Pineapple Cheese' was something that people enjoyed eating in the 1800's and early 1900s. This type of cheese didn't actually contain any pineapple, though. It was a cheddar cheese, shaped like a pineapple with a mold. To eat this cheese, one would...

The discovery of gold in 1851 attracted Chinese imm­ig­ration to Vic­toria. Ships sailed to Australia from Hong Kong with their cargo of men who had come in search of the new gold fields. From 1853-5, thousands of Chinese disembarked here. Very fe...

If you got the chance to paint a "Painted Lady," why not paint it an extraordinary way? That's exactly what artist Xavi Panneton did. Last summer, he took the opportunity to give a historic San Francisco Victorian a stunning makeover. Located in Dubo...

Ladderback chairs designed in 1903 by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) for  Glasgow Willow Tea-rooms came on the London market in 2014, and put me in mind of Glasgow businesswoman Kate Cranston ...

600 ks east of Perth, the City of Kalgoorlie was a unique expression of gold fever. Unlike most goldmining towns, which last for perhaps a dec­ade, Kalgoorlie includes the famous Golden Mile and has an economy driven by gold since 1893. The central...

Evy Rivera and Jacob Evans bought a "Cheap Old House." It was dirty and the unglamorous renovation could take years, but they're living their dream.

This portrait from 1896 features a woman with a rare condition, congenital nevus with hypertrichosis, that caused a mane of hair to grow from her back. The hair growing from between her shoulder blades looks like head hair, and seems to be well-cared...