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birds

Murals of Birds Threatened by Climate Change Infiltrate Audubon's Former Neighborhood

astounding timepieces

One of NYC's Last Clock Towers Has Its Future Decided This Week

morbid monday

A Mummy Hoax Might Be Wrapped up in a Modern Murder

turtles

What Became of India's Corpse-Eating Turtles?

aircraft

Drones for Good

infrastructure

Its Walls in Ruins, a Mumbai Suburb Turned to Art and Was Reborn

ancient

Robots Lead Archaeologists to Sacred Tunnels in Teotihuacán Ruins

escape routes

Hacking the Death Zone: Ingenious DIY Escapes Across the Berlin Wall

magic

The Best Magic Shops in the World

secret

Secret Libraries of Paris

chernobyl

Where Mass Tourism Overrides Memorialization, Chernobyl Is Far from a Time Capsule

military history

Poisonous Bees Meet Hitler & Beauty Queens in a Mazelike Thai Museum

seen from space

Monkeys, Moose, and Britain's Most Famous Phallus: Geoglyphs From Around the World

pharmacy museums

The Strange Specimens of a Mysterious Thai Apothecary

graffiti

Djerbahood's Graffiti Dreams: Street Art Takes Over Tunisian Village

story

Society Adventures: Serving Spirits in the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs

circus

An Abridged History of Funambulists

tunnels

Uncovering Tsingtao beyond the Brewery: The Subterranean Relics of Germany's Forgotten Asian Outpost