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New York, New York

Harry Jenning's Rat Pit of the Five Points

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

Stickball Hall of Fame

New York, New York

Stickball Hall of Fame

Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.

World Bog Snorkelling Championship

Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales

World Bog Snorkeling Championship

During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.

World cup 2011 of Elephant Polo.

Kathmandu, Nepal

Tiger Tops

Former host to the World Elephant Polo Championships.

The Plight of Preservation: Why Historic Listing Doesn't Mean a Place Is Saved

Allison Meier February 4, 2014

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: How Scotland Won the Sports Scene of San Francisco

Allison Meier January 20, 2014

The Brutal and Bloody History of the Mesoamerican Ball Game, Where Sometimes Loss Was Death

Monica Petrus January 9, 2014

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: The Golf Club Swung on the Moon

Allison Meier December 19, 2013

Hayward, Wisconsin

Shrine to Anglers

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Bobsleigh Track

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

Far Hills, New Jersey

United States Golf Association Museum

Home of the golf club used by Alan Shepard on the moon, and more artifacts from the sport's history.

Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

New Castle, Indiana

Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Museum

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

Log-Rolling

Mackinaw City, Michigan

Jack Pine Lumberjack Shows

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

Marquette, Michigan

The Superior Dome

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

The exterior of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California (United States).

Pasadena, California

Rose Bowl

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

October 2021

Pasadena, California

Jackie and Mack Robinson Memorial

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

The manicured green

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Lawn Bowling Club

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Home plate at the "Field of Dreams" movie site.

Dyersville, Iowa

Field of Dreams Movie Site

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.