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Oslo, Norway

Damstredet & Telthusbakken

Charming small streets lined with well preserved wooden houses dating to the 18th and 19th century.
Alexandria, Virginia

Lee Fendall House Museum and Garden

Historic Lee family homestead built in 1785, later serving as a private home and a Civil War hospital.
San Isidro, Argentina

Molino García (Garcia Mill)

A perfectly preserved 19th-century mill that can still run today.
Redcar and Cleveland, England

The Old Mortuary

A seaside morgue for the victims of the North Sea.
North Canaan, Connecticut

Beckley Iron Furnace

The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.
New Bedford, Massachusetts

The Lagoda

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Westergasfabriek

One of Amsterdam’s most popular cultural and recreational complexes is on the site of a former gas works.
Sheep at Colonial Williamsburg on a sunny day.
19th century

Little Lambs, Big Back Story

Originally smuggled into the American colonies, the Leicester Longwool sheep went extinct here during the rise of Merino wool. Then Colonial Williamsburg brought it baaa-ck.
Arden, New York

Clove Furnace

A 19th-century blast furnace that played a big role in the area’s industrial development.
West Virginia

Greenbrier Ghost of Sam Black Church

Here lies Zona, whose ghostly testimony led to her husband’s murder conviction.
Alderson, West Virginia

Alderson’s Store

You can still shop in one of West Virginia’s oldest stores.
Parkersburg, West Virginia

The (Haunted) Blennerhassett Hotel

The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.
Huntington, West Virginia

Heritage Farm Museum & Village

Step back in time to explore 19th-century Appalachian life, from blacksmiths to Model Ts.
Portumna, Ireland

Irish Workhouse Centre

A well-preserved, 19th-century Irish workhouse recounts a grim time in the country’s history.
<em>Approaching Storm</em> by German landscape painter Julius Bergmann shows a cowherd bringing his animals to shelter.
science

Can Thunderstorms Spoil Milk?

The answer eluded scientists for centuries.
Andrew Coletti July 30, 2024
Robert Hellyer's book explains how America's taste in tea shifted over time.
food

Japanese Green Tea Once Fueled the Midwest

It's a forgotten moment in American beverage history.
Andrew Coletti April 25, 2024
Nacka, Sweden

Pilt Carin Ersdotter Statue

A sculpture of a woman so beautiful she got arrested for it.
Fireflies glow along Japan's Hino River some 450 miles west of Tokyo.
insects

How A ‘Firefly Course’ Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect

At the Moriyama City Firefly Forest Museum, nurturing Genji fireflies comes with homework.
Shoshi Parks July 25, 2023