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The pronking springbok on the reverse side of a Krugerrand.
mystery

Found: A Fortune in Gold Coins in a Box of Donated Food

At a retirement home in Germany, 109 South African Krugerrands in an unexpected place.
Vittoria Traverso December 1, 2017
The circular structure of houses.
Alaior, Spain

Torre d'en Galmes

This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.
The Heidelberg funicular.
Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberger Bergbahnen

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.
Toleration Statue.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Toleration Statue

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.
Permanently Closed
Road signs, postcards, and pictures tell the story of the (in)famous roadway.
Denver, Colorado

Colfax Avenue Museum

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."
An undercover photographer working for the Home Office captured Suffragettes in the yard of Holloway Prison.
museums

Untold Stories of England's Militant Suffragettes

An upcoming exhibition surfaces artifacts from the movement’s hidden history.
Vittoria Traverso November 29, 2017
The ditch overlooks Pegwell Bay, a shallow inlet that may have been used as a landing site by Roman ships.
military history

Found: The Site Where Julius Caesar May Have Landed in Britain

Is this Rome's first beachhead in the Isles?
Vittoria Traverso November 29, 2017
The cauldron enclosure near the end of the excavation.
rites and rituals

Found: 11 Iron Age Cauldrons and More Metalwork in an English Field

They're evidence of a long tradition of ceremonial feasting.
Vittoria Traverso November 28, 2017
An 1819 etching of Sarah "Crazy Sally" Mapp, based on an earlier caricature.
medicine

The Rapid Rise and Spectacular Fall of London's Greatest Bonesetter

Sarah "Crazy Sally" Mapp led a highly unusual life.
Eric Grundhauser November 28, 2017
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Moravian Pottery & Tile Works Museum

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.
A replica Tempest Prognosticator at the Whitby Museum.
objects of intrigue

The Rise and Fall of the Leeches Who Could Predict the Weather

In Victorian England, was there anything leeches couldn't do?
Natasha Frost November 27, 2017
Aerial view of Greenbelt, Maryland, 1939.
Greenbelt, Maryland

Greenbelt Historic District

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
<em>Placida brookae</em> was named for diver and underwater photographer Brook Peterson.
presidents

Found: 3 New Sea Slugs That Were Victims of Mistaken Identity

One has been named after a former president who had a thing for marine conservation.
Vittoria Traverso November 22, 2017
There are Puritans and then there are Puritans, like actress Virginia Gibson, photographed circa 1952, before almost all turkeys were white.
food

Why America's Thanksgiving Turkey Is So Boring

The bland appeal of the Broad Breasted White.
Natasha Frost November 22, 2017
Royal Pump Rooms, built in 1814, photographed in 2016.
Royal Leamington Spa, England

Royal Pump Rooms

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.
Copper wire covered with asphaltum that was part of the first underground electrical system and used to illuminate Edison's home.
objects of intrigue

For Sale: A Wire From Thomas Edison's 1880 City Lighting Demo

The insulated copper wire was used to illuminate the inventor's New Jersey home.
Vittoria Traverso November 21, 2017
Montcada i Reixac, Spain

Puig Castellar

Remote ruins of a 2,400-year-old Iberian settlement.
Uniformly chopped dog bones from Krasnosamarskoe.
mythology

Found: Archaeological Evidence of Bronze Age Lupine Initiation Rituals

Dog sacrifice, lawless war-bands, and coming of age on the Russian steppes.
Vittoria Traverso November 21, 2017