Paradise Lost Explained: How John Milton Wrote His Epic Religious Poem from Satan’s Perspective

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/paradise-lost-explained-how-john-milton-wrote-his-epic-religious-poem-from-satans-perspective.html

Watch Animated Sheet Music for Miles Davis’ “So What,” Coltrane’s “Giant Steps,” and Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation”

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/watch-animated-sheet-music-for-miles-davis-charlie-parker-and-coltrane.html

Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online

https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/enter-an-archive-of-10000-historical-childrens-books.html

The Genius Urban Design of Amsterdam: Canals, Dams & Leaning Houses

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/the-genius-urban-design-of-amsterdam-canals-dams-leaning-houses.html

J. R. R. Tolkien Reads from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings & Other Works

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/j-r-r-tolkien-reads-from-the-hobbit-the-lord-of-the-rings-other-works.html

Behold Harry Clarke’s Hallucinatory Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe’s Story Collection, Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1923)

https://www.openculture.com/2025/02/behold-harry-clarkes-hallucinatory-illustrations-for-edgar-allan-poes-story-collection-tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-1923.html

1,500 Paintings & Drawings by Vincent van Gogh Have Been Digitized & Put Online.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/1500-paintings-drawings-by-vincent-van-gogh-have-been-digitized-put-online.html

Why Hasn’t the Pantheon’s Dome Collapsed?: How the Romans Engineered the Dome to Last 19 Centuries and Counting

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/why-hasnt-the-pantheons-dome-collapsed.html

A Visualization of the History of Technology: 1,889 Innovations Across Three Million Years

https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/a-visualization-of-the-history-of-technology-1889-innovations-across-three-million-years.html

Dante’s Inferno: A Visitor’s Guide to Hell

https://www.openculture.com/2025/04/dantes-inferno-a-visitors-guide-to-hell.html