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The Flying V Cabin.

The Bloody Histories and Remaining Relics of 5 Violent Feuds

Things get heated.

Dylan Thuras August 11, 2016

Stamp Act riots in Boston before the Revolutionary War.

Boston, Massachusetts

Site of the Boston Tax Riot

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

The Rose Kennedy Rose Garden

Boston, Massachusetts

Rose Kennedy Rose Garden

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

Regulator-Moderator War Centennial Marker Close Up

Regulator-Moderator War Centennial Marker

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

One of the markers commemorating the events in October 1981

Karlskrona Ö, Sweden

Whiskey on the Rocks

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.

Daugavpils, Latvia

Daugavpils Shot Tower

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.

Horrifying Nazi-Era Diaries of Himmler Found in Russia

A German newspaper says they've found the daily logs of the architect of the Holocaust.

Erik Shilling August 2, 2016

The memorial is the first on Forest Service land

Mount Charleston, Nevada

Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

The Reference Room

New York, New York

New York Society Library

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Baltimore's Phoenix Shot Tower.

Baltimore, Maryland

Phoenix Shot Tower

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Shot Tower

Dubuque Shot Tower

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

Jefferson, Maryland

War Correspondents Memorial

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

Steel pipelines were released from the 'Conundrum'

military history

How to Keep 500 Miles of Underwater Pipeline Secret

The little-known, highly complex fuel route that helped the Allies defeat the Nazis.

Atlas Obscura July 20, 2016

Found: A WWII Tank Left Underwater Since a U-Boat Attack in 1945

It was hauled out of the water during a Russian military exercise.

Sarah Laskow July 20, 2016

At the First GOP Convention, the Party Chose a Rich Mutineer as Their Candidate

John C. Frémont wanted to be governor of California a little too badly.

Sarah Laskow July 18, 2016

castle

Mazurolandia

A miniatures park with a model of Wolf's Lair as it looked during World War II.

Bowman's Hill Tower

New Hope, Pennsylvania

Bowman's Hill Tower

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

New York, New York

Brooklyn Bridge Fallout Shelter

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.