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The tower of books.

Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Book Tower

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Museo Girón.

Playa Girón, Cuba

Museo Girón

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

Revolution House.

Old Whittington, England

Revolution House

A secret meeting in this small cottage changed the course of British history.

A scorpion demon, embroidered by Eleanor B. Roosevelt in 1940.

objects of intrigue

How Better to Protest Federal Policy Than With an Embroidered Scorpion Demon?

Eleanor B. Roosevelt—no, not THAT Eleanor Roosevelt—thought the New Deal was monstrous.

Cara Giaimo April 16, 2018

A coconut, hopefully not cursed.

Why Coconuts Were Accused of Meddling in Politics

The fruits are thought by some to power black magic rituals.

Paula Mejia April 10, 2018

Mausoleum of Mao Zedong.

Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

The mural leading into a Sister Serpents show.

The Forgotten History of the Controversial Sister Serpents

A feminist art collective stirred up trouble in the 1990s before fading from view.

Sarah Laskow March 14, 2018

Millions of Europeans now have a fail-safe reason for why they were up to six minutes late.

Millions of European Clocks Are Running Up to 6 Minutes Slow

How tensions between Kosovo and Serbia caused a wrinkle in time.

Natasha Frost March 12, 2018

A popular conspiracy theory links the decline of Russian culture to American intelligence.

Russia's Most Popular Conspiracy Theory Is All But Unknown in the U.S.

It implicates American intelligence in undermining Russian culture.

Sarah Laskow February 20, 2018

Science for the People at 2017's March for Science.

Why a Radical 1970s Science Group Is More Relevant Than Ever

A second life for an organization of scientists who questioned how their work was being used.

Sarah Laskow January 22, 2018

A woodcut used for William Harrison's campaign. In front of a log cabin, Harrison welcomes a soldier, inviting him to rest and drink hard cider.

The Election That Defined What 'Real Americans' Ate and Drank

Large, drunken rallies touted a populist who drank hard cider.

Bruce Kraig January 15, 2018

President Johnson and Secretary McNamara approach the Pentagon's only passenger elevator on February 29, 1968.

What Do You Do When the President Gets Trapped in an Elevator?

LBJ, the Pentagon’s only passenger lift, and concern that a military coup was afoot.

Elliot Carter January 3, 2018

Permanently Closed

Super PACyderm.

Silver Spring, Maryland

Super PACyderm

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

Butch Cassidy's cabin in the Chubut Province of Argentina

Cushamen, Argentina

Butch Cassidy's Cabin

With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.

Presidential Car.

Seattle, Washington

Orient Express Restaurant

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

Road Canyon is one of the sites within the old borders of the National Monument.

Demystifying the Changes to Bears Ears National Monument

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Natasha Frost December 5, 2017

The We Are Our Mountains monument.

Stepanakert, Azerbaijan

We Are Our Mountains

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

Roosevelt dismantles a turkey while Eleanor watches.

For Years, Republican and Democratic States Held Separate Thanksgivings

Before Friendsgiving, there was Franksgiving.

Anne Ewbank November 22, 2017