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Over the past century, a community has developed around these mountain peaks, each over 4,000 feet in elevation.

The Pacific Northwest has no use for such things.

"Feel free to spit."

The Hungry Ghost Festival provides them with paper effigies of money, food—and iPhones.

The city of Newport Beach, California, aims to find out.

We could have had a very different World Series.

Did feathered dinosaurs do the same?

Its full history, which is being told for the first time in a new book, doubles as autobiography.

Heather Bolint was halfway through her thru-hike when she came across a misplaced rooster.

Stargazing through the ages.

Another strange effect of a profoundly strange storm.

Gilberto Escamilla clandestinely ordered fajitas through his government job, then re-sold them.

It was being sold for $4.99 at a Goodwill in Minnesota.

How a new fragrance can help ward off a fatal disease.

The waiting is the hardest part.

Spooky sound effects haven't changed much since we first began rattling chains and crunching leaves.

The Hindenburg’s fattened ducklings and caviar were essentially German propaganda.

Edward Pulaski's part hoe, part axe invention of the 1910s remains crucial to firefighters.