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Pinball Wizard in Pelham, New Hampshire
It isn't much to look at from the outside. A large boxy building in a 1970s strip mall, next a pizza place, off of Route 38 near Pelham, New Hampshire, the only thing that marks it as unusual is the...
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Dorr Museum of Natural History in Bar Harbor, Maine
Ever wonder what the filters of a whale’s mouth feels like? At the Dorr Museum of Natural History in Maine, you can brush your fingers through a whale baleen bristles.Please touch. That’s the...
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The Tonga Room in San Francisco, California
When it opened in 1945, the Tonga Room was riding the wave of South Seas fever. Though tiki is now thought of as tacky and kitsch, this place was once the height of luxury.During WWII America was...
View Article80 Shackled Skeletons Found in Greek Grave After Ancient Mass Execution
Ancient execution: 80 shackled skeletons found in Greek cemetery (PHOTOS) https://t.co/JyGEL1jQuYpic.twitter.com/JOPoEAO5UR— RT (@RT_com) August 2, 2016Centuries ago, in ancient Greece, at least 80...
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Mai-Kai Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Before Fort Lauderdale was the spring break destination we know it as today, it was a dusty rural town. As such, people were surprised when, in 1956, brothers Bob and Jack Thornton took out a hefty...
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Daugavpils Shot Tower in Daugavpils, Latvia
This old shot factory tower, located in the Latvian city of Daugavpils, is still used nowadays to cast shots the old-fashioned way. The old shot casting method is used only once or twice in a year,...
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The Jungle Room at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee
Graceland, the former-home-turned-museum of Elvis Presley, is an idiosyncratic place in its totality. But perhaps the crowning jewel of Graceland's quirk is the Jungle Room.Elvis built the den onto his...
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18th Century Britain's Great Culinary Breakthrough: Mushroom Ketchup
Mushrooms in Britain. (Photo: Andrew/CC BY 2.0)Halfway through the process of making traditional mushroom ketchup, the dark and leaking fungi looked like a rotting puddle of chunky bog. Chopped, salted...
View ArticleGravity Falls' Final Mystery Has Been Solved
@JasonRitter@_AlexHirsch I got a decent photo of the statue pic.twitter.com/ljmXyyVO9D— person person (@ThatOneGuy9998) August 3, 2016After months of dechiphering, the final mystery of Gravity Falls...
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The Incredible Swimming Pools of Vintage Las Vegas
(All Photos: UNLV Special Collections)With summer temperatures in Las Vegas averaging over 100 degrees, swimming pools are integral to the history of the city as much as neon lights and showgirls. So...
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Found: A Giant Clock Washed Away in a Once-in-a-Millennium Flood
The clock in its pre-underwater days. (Photo: Mr.TinDC/CC BY-ND 2.0)After a once-in-a-lifetime storm passed through, a kayaker on the Patapsco River, which flows through central Maryland into the...
View ArticleWatch a Scuba Diver Swim Through a Swarm of Tiny Red Crabs
Lately, the sands of some of the beaches in California have turned an unusual shade of salmon pink. Small tuna crabs, also known as pelagic red crabs, that are commonly found in shallow waters near...
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Whiskey on the Rocks in Karlskrona Ö, Sweden
On October 27, 1981, the Swedish government was served some Whiskey on the Rocks. A Soviet submarine, possibly carrying nuclear warheads, ran aground in the southern archipelago of Karlskrona.It was an...
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America's Largest Outdoor Theatre Event Features 700 Lip Syncing Mormons
Opening night of the 2016 Hill Cumorah Pageant. (Photo: Courtesy Hill Cumorah Pageant)“It’s better than Disney World,” said Kelsey Trainor, standing in a field in upstate New York, surrounded by 700...
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Phoebe's Little Wax Works in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania
The Western Pocono Community Library has all the features of a great local library: a well-curated collection, a vibrant children’s section, dedicated staff, access to the on-line world – and one thing...
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Don The Beachcomber in Huntington Beach, California
Ernest Beaumont Gantt made his way through the Depression as a bootlegger, but when Prohibition ended he was out of a job. He worked a number of odd jobs, but having traveled in the Caribbean and...
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A Jewish Commodore Saved Monticello, And His Family Got Hell for It
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. (Photo: Martin Falbisoner/CC BY-SA 3.0)Fifty years after Thomas Jefferson died in debt, vines choked the bricks of his 700-acre Virginia farm Monticello. Its famous oaks...
View ArticleThere's Another Guy Who Says He's Caught All of the Pokémon
EN DIRECTO: David Quintana, primer jugador a nivel mundial en conseguir todos los pokémon. https://t.co/dcKM1NVuoOpic.twitter.com/5xyEyiPx2p— Herrera en COPE (@HerreraenCOPE) August 3, 2016At long...
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Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Illinois
Known as a "heritage hotel" and on the list of Historic Hotels of America, the Palmer House Hilton on the corner of State and Monroe features a beautifully painted lobby and the kitchen that invented...
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For Decades, The Ultimate Midwestern Summer Job Was Headhunting Fireflies
An official pin for proud members of the Sigma Firefly Scientists Club. (The tail glows in the dark.) (Photo: Theresa Huether)Kids these days have some decent summer options. There are camps for...
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