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Trader Vic's in Atlanta, Georgia
Though the original Trader Vic's no longer exists, the Atlanta outpost offers just about everything you could want from one of the original tiki bars—bamboo, fake tribal masks, and lots of rum.The...
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Asbestos Town — Libby, Montana in Libby, Montana
Libby, Montana has always been a logging and mining town, and its biggest employment boom occurred in 1919 when a vermiculite quarry was discovered a few miles outside the city limits, a mineral...
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Luna Café in Granite City, Illinois
Now one of the few Route 66 eateries that remains open to the public, the Luna Café adds a dirty, criminal twist to the route’s history. In 1924, two years before Route 66 was officially opened, the...
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The 9 Lives of the Spanish Prisoner, the Treasure-Dangling Scam That Won't Die
“A man in this country receives a letter from a foreign city,” reads a New York Times trend story from 1898, about a “common” scam being carried out by mail. Titled “AN OLD SWINDLE REVIVED”, the story...
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Pennsylvania Coin Operated Gaming Hall of Fame and Museum in Hopewell TWP
In the world of pinball establishments there are a few ways to distinguish yourself. You can build your collection in an unusual setting–in the back of a laundromat for example–or you can keep your...
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The Extinction-Level Asteroid That Could Kill Us All in 2175
An artist's concept of a spacecraft landing on 101955 Bennu, with Earth in the distance. (Photo: Public domain)There's no reason to be alarmed, but scientists say a 1,500-foot-wide asteroid might slam...
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Ayn Rand’s One-Sided Love Affair With the FBI
(Photo: StefanoRR/Public domain)A version of this story originally appeared on Muckrock.com.As a staunch anti-communist, novelist Ayn Rand was no stranger to J Edgar Hoover’s FBI. Files recently...
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Found: Secret, Illicit Tunnels in an Oregon Park
The tunnel (not pictured) was built by "people who would rather avoid contact with law enforcement." (Photo: Daniel Mayer/CC BY-SA 3.0)Along the Simpson Park Trail, in Albany, Oregon, there’s a series...
View ArticleThere Was a 'Shocking and Unprecedented' Paint Spill on Indiana's Toll Road
UPDATE: Spilled paint closes the eastbound Indiana Toll Road for ... - WNDU https://t.co/ipDf2AhRNy— Greater Bristol (@GreaterBristol) August 4, 2016A recent semi crash left one Indiana roadway covered...
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Eight Mile Wall in Detroit, Michigan
Hidden between houses, covered by weeds and ivy, and cutting through a public park in Detroit’s Wyoming neighborhood, the Eight Mile Wall has been referred to by locals as Detroit's Berlin Wall....
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Marie Curie Got Her Start At a Secret University For Women
Before she won two Nobel Prizes, Marie Curie attended the Flying University. (Photo: Tekniska museet/CC BY 2.0)If you think getting a college education is tough today, try earning a degree in...
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The Strange Affliction of 'Library Anxiety' and What Librarians Do to Help
Don't be afraid. (Photo: timetrax23/CC BY-SA 2.0)In a few short weeks, bright-eyed college freshmen will be ambling onto campuses and into their first lectures. Which means a whole lot of newly minted...
View ArticleRescue Underway After Elephant Is Stuck in a Swamp for a Month
The rescue op for an elephant from India stranded in Bangladesh https://t.co/XAbVghzY1Gpic.twitter.com/CHqDWjdQ8d— NDTV (@ndtv) August 4, 2016Last month, at the beginning of flooding season, an...
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Watch The Opening Ceremony of the 1936 Nazi Olympic Games
The Olympic flame will burn brightly in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow night to mark the start of the 2016 Games. Eighty years ago, the flame glowed in Berlin, during far darker times in Olympic history. One...
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Professional and Amateur Pinball Association World Headquarters in Carnegie
In many ways, the future of pinball lives under this roof.Twice a year the doors open and the greatest pinball players in the world stream into the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association (aka...
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The Sunsphere in Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville hosted the World’s Fair in 1982 with the thematic slogan “Energy Turns the World.” With the help of local architects, the fair organizers decided to pull our most important energy source out...
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Twirl Paper Umbrellas at the Vintage Tiki Bars That Taught Americans to Relax
Dancers and musicians at the Mai-Kai, circa 1950s. (Photo: 1950sUnlimited/CC BY 2.0.)As Hollywood boomed in the early 1930s, moviegoers wanted to see more of the world, and the film industry had the...
View ArticleSome Farmers in Canada Set the World Record for Simultaneous Threshing
World record for simultaneous threshing set as part of Harvesting Hope: https://t.co/CvohyvIm80pic.twitter.com/0tO5bxChNn— Farms.com AgriVille (@AgriVille) August 4, 2016Threshing, which is separating...
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Will We Ever Know Who Staged This Mysterious Moon Ballet?
[Photo: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images]The picture above of two ballet dancers soaring across a simulated lunar crater comes from the set of Destination Moon, a 1950 space adventure film. But...
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