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A hospitalized soldier passes the time with an Armed Services Edition.

How Books Designed for Soldiers’ Pockets Changed Publishing Forever

Prior to WWII, Americans didn't think much of softcover books.

Cara Giaimo September 22, 2017

The <em>Penny Pictorial Magazine</em> was one of a few publications to run features on these 'lasses'.

The Women Miners in Pants Who Shocked Victorian Britain

"The article of clothing which women ought only to wear in a figure of speech."

Natasha Frost September 21, 2017

Former fire station no 1 and its Watch Tower

Melbourne, Australia

Fire Services Museum of Victoria

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

Columns of the Temple of Augustus.

Barcelona, Spain

Columns of the Temple of Augustus

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

This famous 1882 portrait of Oscar Wilde shows him in clothes he had commissioned and designed himself.

How Constance and Oscar Wilde Helped Get Women Into Trousers

One small step for clothing historians, one giant leap for womankind.

Natasha Frost September 20, 2017

The Hokonui Moonshine Museum.

Gore, New Zealand

Hokonui Moonshine Museum

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

A trolley tour in Miami.

The Curious Rise of Historic Trolley Tours

How did these nostalgic vehicles become fixtures in cities across America?

Daniel Richards September 19, 2017

Rancho Cañada de los Coches land grant plaque.

Lakeside, California

Rancho Cañada de los Coches

The smallest Mexican land grant in California was given, and then taken from, a 19th-century teacher and nurse.

Gaulish chief Vercingetorix, wearing trousers, surrenders to Julius Caesar after the battle of Alesia in 52 B.C.

How Pants Went From Banned to Required in the Roman Empire

Six hundred years in the history of trousers.

Vittoria Traverso September 19, 2017

Stockings were a necessary leg covering in the 18th century.

A Machine That Made Stockings Helped Kick Off the Industrial Revolution

Queen Elizabeth I wanted none of it.

Sarah Laskow September 19, 2017

Political graffiti in Hartford Connecticut.

All the Lies About the Origins of 'Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire'

A common phrase with a long, deceptive history.

Cara Giaimo September 18, 2017

Union Station.

Washington, D.C.

Site of the Union Station Train Crash

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

The granaries of Soajo.

Espigueiros do Soajo

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

NIST kilogram masses characteristic of the National Prototype Standard

Gaithersburg, Maryland

U.S. National Prototype Kilogram

This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations

Germantown Colony and Museum.

Minden, Louisiana

Germantown Colony and Museum

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

A discreet entrance to the White House.

Washington, D.C.

Secret Entrance to the White House

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

This 1885 painting by Cecilia Beaux, <em>The Last Days of Childhood</em>, shows a little boy being cuddled by his mother in the lead-up to his breeching.

rites and rituals

For Centuries, People Celebrated a Little Boy’s First Pair of Trousers

Literally a party in your pants.

Natasha Frost September 18, 2017

The beautiful tiles of Manises.

The Ceramics of Manises

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.