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Ouray, Colorado

Ouray Alchemist

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Elfreth's Alley

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Monticello.

Found: The Remains of Sally Hemings' Small Room at Monticello

It was right near Thomas Jefferson's bedroom.

Sarah Laskow July 3, 2017

Hillman House

Washington, D.C.

George Washington's Townhouse Lots

After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.

The sky over the Nubian Desert in Sudan, just after 2008-TC3 passed through the atmosphere.

The First Asteroid We Knew Would Hit Earth in Advance

When 2008-TC3 crashed into the Sudanese desert, not everyone was surprised.

Cara Giaimo June 30, 2017

Telouet, Morocco

Kasbah Telouet

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.

Impressive Milk-Bone balancing act

How an Organic Chemist Invented the Bone-Shaped Dog Treat

The birth of the Milk-Bone happened pretty much on a whim.

Michael Waters June 30, 2017

A tiny piece of trinitite, close up.

The Long, Weird Half-Life of Trinitite

The synthetic material—forged in the blast of the first nuclear bomb test—has been buried, sold, collected, displayed, and even made into jewelry.

Cara Giaimo June 30, 2017

The time capsule itself.

Found: Surprise Time Capsule Hiding in the Walls of a High School Gym

It was almost destroyed along with the building.

Sarah Laskow June 30, 2017

Ohio Historical Marker

Site of Sojourner Truth's 'Ain't I a Woman' Speech

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?

One of many Anti-Saloon League Cartoon

Westerville, Ohio

Anti-Saloon League Museum

Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.

Mickey Mantle's childhood home.

Commerce, Oklahoma

Home of Mickey Mantle

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

Cherry blossoms in bloom

Chevy Chase, Maryland

Into the Woods

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

Anatol Josepho, the inventor of the "Photomaton" photo booth, shown here in 1927.

When 'Broadway's Greatest Quarter-Snatcher' Was a Photo Booth

The year was 1925.

Andrew Egan June 28, 2017

The Golden Gate of Kyiv, as it stands today.

Golden Gate of Kyiv

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

Berlin, Germany

Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

George Cassiday in 1930

Washington, D.C.

Bootlegging Room in the Cannon House Office Building

During Prohibition, the U.S. Congress had an "official" bootlegger, with his own Capitol Hill office.

An old pie dish from West Point, with visible knife scratches from years of cadets trying to cut equal pieces.

The Politics of Pie Cutting at West Point's Mess Hall

Or, why United States Military Academy cadets fear pastry.

Peggy O'Donnell June 27, 2017