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The Real Life Tragedy Behind Othello's Tower

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London's Hidden Memorial to a Nazi Dog

seed banks

The Lazarus Plants: Why 3 Million Seeds Are Being Sent to Cold Storage for 50 Years

flight

Before Radios, Pilots Navigated by Giant Concrete Arrows

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Happy Fourth of July!

gravestones

Manhattan Was Almost Home to a 200-Foot-Tall Owl Mausoleum

archaeology

FOUND: A Chinese Coin From the 1700s Buried in Seattle

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Dish Blight: The Ruins of Satellite TV Are All Around

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Places You Can No Longer Go: Mars 2112

american revolution

Thomas Jefferson Built This Country On Mastodons

arbortecture

100 Wonders: Where The Bridges Are Grown

visual

13 Extraordinary Illustrations of Fireworks Displays From Days of Yore

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Leave Your Screens Behind (Mostly) at Rare Book School

games

Sweden's Secret Quest Castles Are Coming to America

film locations

Watch 'Singles' on VHS with 1,000 Strangers in the Seattle Courtyard Where It All Began

july 4th

The Amazing Pop Iconography of Vintage Firework Art

secret passages

FOUND: A Secret Tunnel Between Russia And China

female explorers

Britain's Most Famous 1700s Sailor Spent 4 Years Disguised as a Man

After sailing across much of the world, Hannah Snell starred in a one-woman show and became the subject of a bestselling biography.