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Podcast: Widow Jane Mine

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 16, 2021
Chandelier Hall in the Cologne sewage system.
List

13 Places to Wade Into the Wondrous History of Sewers

From guided tours of the world below to a chunk of a fatberg.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 15, 2021
This 17th-century cookbook contains both recipes and propaganda.
objects of intrigue

Eat Like England’s First Non-Royal Ruler With This Propaganda-Filled Cookbook

Opponents of Oliver Cromwell published his family recipes, with a side of fake news.
Anne Ewbank March 10, 2021
A Pharmacist works the soda fountain at the Clayton & Edward Chemists and Pharmacy in New York City, circa 1948.
food

Remembering America's Golden Age of Hot Sodas

Drink like a Prohibition-era teen with recipes for the Hot Cherry Egg Bounce and Hot Egg Lime Juice Fizz.
Jeri Quinzio March 10, 2021
The 21st-century team encountered snow and cold water—but they had much warmer gear than the folks whose footsteps they were following.
disasters

Retracing a Donner Party Path, Nearly Two Centuries Later

To pay homage, ultra-athletes fought snow and thorns.
Erika Mailman March 8, 2021
Vladimir Demikhov demonstrates, for an audience of experts, the implantation of an artificial heart–like device in a dog at the 18th International Congress of Surgery in Munich, on September 18, 1959.
cold war

How the United States and Soviet Union Embarked on a Macabre Surgical Arms Race

Cold War animal experimentation and the roots of transplantation medicine.
Brandy Schillace March 4, 2021
The bakers use copper pots and antique instruments used specifically by nuns for convent sweets.
food

At This Portuguese Bakery, the Recipes Were Written by Nuns Centuries Ago

The owner of Alcôa has devoted decades to recovering lost pastries.
Dania Rodrigues February 26, 2021
Rufus Estes's 1911 cookbook is included in Sokoh's digital library.
libraries

Now Online: A Free Library Devoted to West Africa's Food Heritage

A new internet archive is making the region's culinary history more accessible than ever.
Vonnie Williams February 22, 2021
Every American schoolchild learns how Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive their first year in what's now Massachusetts, but the full story is far more complex.
native americans

Before Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims, There Was Patuxet

Slavery, plague, and territorial conflict likely made the Europeans' arrival on Wampanoag land possible.
Virginia Williams February 22, 2021
A depiction of a group of Tlingit people performing a war dance before the 1802 attack on the Russian trading post.
forts

Found: The Lost Tlingit Fort That Defended Alaska From Russian Attack

It also set in motion the process that made the vast territory part of America.
Zach Zorich February 18, 2021
Charles Dickens Door and Mirror
Boston, Massachusetts

Charles Dickens' Door and Mirror

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.
The Angkor Archaeological Park in northern Cambodia encompasses some 150 square miles.
ancient technology

How Early Megacities Emerged From the Jungles of Cambodia

And how instability, climate, and neglect drove their slow collapse.
Annalee Newitz February 10, 2021
A mural at the site of the future excavation already celebrates its place in the annals of athleticism.
sports

The Serendipitous Survival of Soccer’s Least-Known Birthplace

Hiding in plain sight, the first Hampden Park is ready to reclaim its fame.
Isaac Schultz February 10, 2021
Parts of the Berlin Wall just outside of the Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, Florida.
St. Petersburg, Florida

Berlin Wall Section in St. Petersburg

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.
The hotel that first served Boston Cream Pie has changed its look over the years.
food

How Boston Cream Pie Changed Americans’ Relationship With Chocolate

It was likely the country's first cake made with cacao.
Julie Tremaine February 8, 2021
Andernach Geyser
Andernach, Germany

Andernach Geyser

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.
The English justice system has a certain style.
royalty

What Does the Title 'Esquire' Mean, Anyway?

And what does it have to do with lawyering?
Dan Nosowitz February 3, 2021
This Philadelphia building still tells the story of its former neighbor.
architecture

Philadelphia's 'Building Ghosts' Have a Lot to Say

Meet a duo on the hunt for remains of demolished rowhouses.
Karen Chernick February 2, 2021