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Washington, D.C.
The Capitol Stones
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston History Dioramas
Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.
Trinidad, Cuba
Discoteca Ayala
This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.
Hanover, Pennsylvania
Conewago Chapel
One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.
Point Roberts, Washington
Point Roberts
An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.
Stretford, England
The Barton Swing Aqueduct
A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.
space exploration
Why It's Still a Struggle to Put Women in Space in 2016
The German search for its first female astronaut is only latest in long string of fits and starts.
royalty
Why the Last Words of Anne Boleyn Remain a Mystery
What she said depends on who's telling the story.
history
There's Only One State Where You Can Marry Without God as a Witness
The surprisingly sweet and tolerant uses of a 330-year-old law.
us civil war
The Historical Reenactor Accuracy Wars
How to get ostracized at a Civil War reenactment: use bug repellant.
nicola tesla
Victorians Wanted to Contact Aliens Using Giant Mirrors
It would have been very, very expensive, though.
duels
The Long Quest to Get Southerners to Stop Dueling
To convince gentlemen to holster their pistols, legislators had to turn dueling into social suicide.
ships
Solving the Nutritional Mystery of Historical Food at Sea
Was the food really as bad as sailors claimed? There’s only one way to find out.
Vienna, Austria
Windows For Peace
On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.
pirates
The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws
Ching Shih, who lived and pillaged during the Qing Dynasty, has been called the most successful pirate in history.
London, England
Dirac Equation
The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.
Permanently Closed
Scarbro, West Virginia
Whipple Company Store
Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.
television
Are You Popular? This 1947 Video Has the Answer
Key point: Don't park in cars with boys.
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