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What was one of the largest hotels in the country burned to the ground in a tragic fire.

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

The only 'battle' in the Toledo War between Michigan and Ohio set the stage for a persistent state rivalry.

The Trappist monk, prophet-poet, and rebel never really got to live out the eremitic life he was seeking.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.