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schools
Found: Surprise Time Capsule Hiding in the Walls of a High School Gym
It was almost destroyed along with the building.
Akron, Ohio
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?
Westerville, Ohio
Anti-Saloon League Museum
Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.
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.
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Into the Woods
The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.
photography
When 'Broadway's Greatest Quarter-Snatcher' Was a Photo Booth
The year was 1925.
Kyiv, Ukraine
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.
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.
food
The Politics of Pie Cutting at West Point's Mess Hall
Or, why United States Military Academy cadets fear pastry.
statues
The Enduring Legacy of the Worcester Whirlwind
Cyclist Marshall W. "Major" Taylor was the first internationally famous African-American athlete.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
St. Luke's Place Coal Hole Covers
These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.
libraries
Even in the 1700s, Book Clubs Were Really About Drinking and Socializing
And "a considerable element of boisterous good humor."
North Macedonia
Kokino Observatory
This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.
Italy
The Alpine Wall
A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.
Masada, Israel
Masada
This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Aqueduct Emergency Pumping Station
These abandoned waterworks are crumbling into the Potomac River.
Urgun, Mongolia
Khamriin Khiid
Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.
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