Seeking a local speakeasy in NYC? Look no further than this swanky basement bar for classic cocktails, intriguing history, ...

Shanghai — a heady mix of jazz clubs, opium dens, warlords, and Western decadence. Glamour and grit collided under flickering ...

This is the dark history of Manchukuo based on fact. In Manchukuo, which was a puppet state of Japan, opium was rampant, and the sales of opium supported the national finances and were used as ...

1880s opium trail infected city-folk and pioneers alike, across states and the Dakota Territory From Deadwood, South Dakota, to Bottineau, North Dakota, and east to Duluth and St. Paul, opium ...

New Orleans businessman William Dansee opened and operated a successful opium den in Alexandria's Restricted District. This image was published in the March 11, 1893, edition of The Times-Picayune ...

The soft porn sensation that left the world hot under the collar: Full pearl-clutching story of 1974's Emmanuelle from 'vagina smoking' clip banned in UK to opium den rape scene that WAS passed by ...

In his new history, Amitav Ghosh shows how the world’s first international drug cartels were run by the Dutch and British governments through their monopoly East India companies.

It was in Javanese ports that Chinese sailors learned the habit of smoking tobacco dipped in Dutch-made liquid opium. They brought the practice back to Chinese port cities, where opium dens ...

The opium poppy looks delicate and innocuous. But for Amitav Ghosh, an Indian writer, it is “one of the most powerful beings that humans have encountered in their time on Earth”. Mr Ghosh’s ...

“He wanted something like an opium den,” said Ms. Story, who spent much of her childhood in Texas but is now based in New York. “He really wanted a place with a ’70s vibe, and groovy.” ...