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Island Park, Idaho

Yellowstone's Zone of Death

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.
A Puritan lady (as imagined by a 19th-century artist).
fashion

The Hidden Rules of the Puritan Fashion Police

Slashed sleeves, frizzed hair, or a gold hatband could land you in court.
Sarah Laskow July 10, 2017
A tree in Australia.
trees

What Makes a Tree? It's Hard to Agree

Five councils in Australia recently got stuck on the question.
Cara Giaimo July 6, 2017
Eureka County Courthouse
Eureka, Nevada

Eureka County Courthouse

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.
Dashes mark the Potomac low tide waterline, dots mark Roache's Run
Arlington, Virginia

Alexander's Island Border Dispute

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.
I object!
sacred spaces

Are You There God? I'd Like to Sue You

Yes, people do file lawsuits against the Almighty. But the devil, so to speak, is in the details.
Eric Grundhauser June 6, 2017
Rosewood marker
Cedar Key, Florida

Site of the Rosewood Massacre

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.
A diagram of the apparatus needed for Marsh's test.
crime and punishment

The Dramatic Courtroom Demo Designed to Expose Arsenic Murders

The Marsh test involved fire, mirrors, and collective gasps.
Betsy Golden Kellem May 26, 2017
Judges Cave.
New Haven, Connecticut

Judges Cave

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.
architecture

Why This Bar Built a Labyrinth Outside Its Front Door

The bar is now, technically, over 500 meters from the street.
Cara Giaimo April 14, 2017
A delicious mushroom pizza.
food

The Day That Michigan Held a Funeral For 30,000 Pizzas

Even the governor came to pay his respects.
Cara Giaimo March 14, 2017
television

How Judge Wapner Launched the Phenomenon of Court Shows on Modern TV

RIP Judge Wapner.
Ernie Smith February 28, 2017
Mattoon, Illinois

Illinois’ Original Burger King

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.
Pharmaceutical drug paraphernalia.
Arlington, Virginia

DEA Museum

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
Permanently Closed
San Diego, California

Sheriff's Museum

It would be a crime to miss it.
A US Catfish, likely unaware of his controversial status.
columns

Why the U.S. Government Treats Catfish Unlike Any Other Fish

There's a strange political battle over how catfish should be regulated.
Cara Giaimo January 5, 2017
Front of the Ugland House
George Town, Cayman Islands

Ugland House

There is one corporation registered for every three square feet of space in this inconspicuous office building.
infrastructure

Trucks Have Been Blocking Bike Lanes in New York City Since 1899

Also wagons, carts and carriages.
Sarah Laskow October 4, 2016