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The hole.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cain’s Ballroom

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.
Cartagena, Colombia

Door Knockers of Cartagena

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.
Iglesia de San Francisco in 2012.
Valparaiso, Chile

Iglesia de San Francisco

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.
<em>Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mr. Tronson, farmer near Wheelock, North Dakota.</em>
photography

How a Hole Punch Shaped Public Perception of the Great Depression

The notorious photo editor who introduced "America to Americans."
Aïda Amer May 9, 2018
A federal chemist at work.
food

During Prohibition, Federal Chemists Used Poison to Stop Bootlegging

They tried to make industrial alcohol too lethal to drink.
Anne Ewbank May 9, 2018
Street of Armenian Quarter.
Jerusalem, Israel

Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.
Joseph Richardson and his sons, the Original Monstre Rock Band.
victorian

When Hard Rock Music Meant Banging on Actual Hard Rocks

The “shipwrecked Mozart” who wowed Victorian audiences, including the Queen herself.
Betsy Golden Kellem May 8, 2018
Zhubei City, Taiwan

Wind City Moon Restaurant

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.
The lighthouse.
Key Biscayne, Florida

Cape Florida Lighthouse

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.
The bud of a black rose sold on the Halfeti pier.
drowned towns

The Submerged History Surrounding Turkey’s Black Rose

Visitors flock to Halfeti for its unusually dark flowers, but there's much more beneath the surface of the half-drowned town.
Pesha Magid and Laura Neumann May 4, 2018
The Dummett Plantation ruins.
Ormond Beach, Florida

Dummett Sugar Mill Ruins

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.
Old Kachcheri.
Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Old Kachcheri

These abandoned ruins in the middle of Jaffna have withstood centuries of tumultuous power struggles.
Stone wall, with moss, Putney, Vermont.
farms

New England Is Crisscrossed With Thousands of Miles of Stone Walls

That's enough to circle the globe—four times.
Anna Kusmer May 4, 2018
After the war, some of the prefabricated houses—like this "A" version, photographed in 1957—were transformed with brick and siding.
atom bombs

How the Manhattan Project's Nuclear Suburb Stayed Secret

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, once home to 75,000, went up fast and under the radar. But it was built to last, too.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 3, 2018
Cemetery of the Poor Clares
Ischia, Italy

Poor Clares Convent Cemetery

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
Chinese Community Bulletin Board
Seattle, Washington

Chinese Community Bulletin Board

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.
St Monans windmill and salt pans.
Anstruther, Scotland

St Monans Salt Pans

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.
Street paved with wood.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Roslyn Place

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.