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Bristol, England

Hermit's Cave and Quaker Burial Ground

A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.

Johnstone, Scotland

Johnstone History Museum

Learn local history while picking up groceries at this museum tucked inside a supermarket.

A shopkeeper in Seoul selling piles of festival treats, in the early 20th.

For Centuries, Massive Meals Amazed Visitors to Korea

Scholars, writers, and missionaries all exclaimed over how much food was available.

T.K. Park September 12, 2019

Bath Spa Water

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

John Dillinger's headstone, chipped by souvenir hunters.

John Dillinger Is Long Dead and Somehow Still a Troublemaker

Mysteries and theories still surround the outlaw's death and burial in Indiana, 85 years later.

Isaac Schultz September 11, 2019

Edinburgh, Scotland

Jougs Collar of Duddingston Kirk

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

A demonstration by the Special Service Unit in Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1943.

objects of intrigue

When the Pianos Went to War

Steinway & Sons' Victory Verticals were tougher than your average upright.

Winnie Lee September 10, 2019

Edinburgh, Scotland

Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

The exterior of the museum in the former Immigration Inn.

São Paulo, Brazil

Immigration Museum of São Paulo

This intriguing museum chronicles the history and impact of immigration in Brazil.

Carpets drying in the Helsinki sun.

Finns Have Special Piers for Washing Their Carpets in Baltic Seawater

“It's the pleasure of being on the coast, and enjoying summer days and the fresh aroma of carpets.”

Karen Burshtein September 10, 2019

A decorative piece of an old ride in the museum part of the center.

Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre

A unique journey back in time to an early 20th-century fairground.

The dorsal side of Harvard's 150-year-old western branded skipper.

Scientists Just Geolocated a Victorian-Era Butterfly Using Its Genome

Their work affirmed the insect's taxonomy too. Because you can’t spell “named” without D-N-A.

Isaac Schultz September 6, 2019

Kakigori, pictured here on the streets of New York City.

How American Gunboat Diplomacy Helped Democratize Japanese Shaved Ice

One show of force had a cooling effect on Japanese summers.

Luke Fater September 5, 2019

Pounds for wayward livestock—like this one in Foster, Rhode Island—were considered so essential that communities were legally required to build them.

New England Is Riddled With These Mysterious Stone Enclosures

They’re town pounds—forgotten livestock pens that played a key civic role in colonial life.

Johnna Kaplan September 5, 2019

The alleged friar's grave.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Friar's Bush Graveyard

Celebrated in poem, this tiny hidden cemetery has a big and grisly history.

The house where H.G. Wells lived.

Sandgate, England

House of H.G. Wells

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

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Castel di Tora, Italy

Ruins of Antuni

A semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II dominates the valley of Turano.

Semenkovo, Russia

Vologda Butter Museum

Slather on the history at an exhibition dedicated to this Russian luxury.