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For Sale: A Relic From Babe Ruth’s Ill-Fated Year in Brooklyn

At the end of his career, the Bambino wanted the Bronx and got a different borough instead.
Isaac Schultz November 4, 2019
Austen's observations about grisly dental procedures might make your mouth hurt.
literature

For Sale: Jane Austen’s Wince-Inducing Descriptions of 19th-Century Dentistry

In a letter to her sister, the novelist politely recounts a grisly scene.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 16, 2019
Churchill loved cigars.
for sale

For Sale: A Cigar Puffed by Winston Churchill in 1953

When the politician dropped it in a London theater, an usher swooped in to save it.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 11, 2019
This whimsical house, flanked by trees, is up for grabs.
architecture

For Sale: A Pink Temple to Temperance With a Dubious History of Debauchery

The rosy-hued house in Louisville, Kentucky, could be yours.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 9, 2019
The pincushion is still pierced by eight little pins inserted around the edge.
objects of intrigue

For Sale: A 19th-Century Silk Map of North America, Tiny Enough to Fit on a Pincushion

The cartographic curio was probably an educational tool.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 27, 2019
The Lykes House, nestled in the mountains of Phoenix, Arizona.
architecture

For Sale: 19 Frank Lloyd Wright Houses, Including His Last

If you're over six feet tall, you may need to duck to enter.
Sabrina Imbler September 25, 2019
A conservation group is trying to buy a huge swath of giant sequoias.
parks

For Sale: America's Largest Private Grove of Giant Sequoias

They're older than Christ and as high as the heavens.
Isaac Schultz September 20, 2019
Fort Belvedere from above.
radio

For Sale: A Signed Copy of King Edward VIII's Abdication Speech

Fort Belvedere, where he gave up the throne, has seen both historic romance and political crisis.
Matthew Taub August 26, 2019
If only we still called them sallets.
plants

For Sale: A 1699 Treatise on the Best Ways to Make Salad

Though John Evelyn wasn't a vegetarian, he did appear to be ahead of his time.
Matthew Taub August 12, 2019
A royal chariot...
cars

For Sale: Elvis Presley's Dusty Old Lincoln Limo

The King kind of had a thing for cars.
Matthew Taub August 7, 2019
skulls

For Sale: A Bison's Skull Straight From the Ice Age

The safe way to encounter horns this big.
Isaac Schultz August 2, 2019
The Posbury Clump volcano, in all its faded glory.
volcanoes

For Sale: Your Very Own (Extinct) Volcano

The regrettably named Posbury Clump could be yours for just $60,000 and change.
Sabrina Imbler August 1, 2019
Kircher's map of the Earth's core and volcanoes, from <em>Mundus Subterraneus</em>, is richly detailed.
maps

Stare Into the Belly of the Earth With 17th-Century Polymath Athanasius Kircher

How a visit to Vesuvius shaped his prescient vision of a hot core.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 30, 2019
The 80-year-old telegram reveals a premature German invasion.
nazis

For Sale: The First Telegram of World War II, Sent a Few Days Before World War II

You might call it a miscommunique.
Isaac Schultz July 18, 2019
This chart of the moon's surface includes inscriptions from members of every Apollo landing crew.
space exploration

For Sale: 200 Extraterrestrial Artifacts That Bring Space Down to Earth

The auction commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Matthew Taub July 15, 2019
All aboard!
architecture

For Sale: A Home Built in an Old Train Depot

House-hunting rail enthusiasts, rejoice.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 11, 2019
A mere glimpse of Claydon's staggering collection.
music

For Sale: 40 Years of Vinyl Singles That Topped the British Charts

Tim Claydon collected each and every No. 1 record released between 1952 and 1992.
Matthew Taub July 5, 2019
Elsie Wolff Van Sandau's medal in its original case, as it was found in the drawer.
mystery

Found: A British Suffragette's Protest Medal in a Bureau Drawer

No one knows how this piece of history ended up there.
Matthew Taub June 28, 2019