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H.U. Lee International Gate and Garden in Little Rock, Arkansas
Just at the end of the Main Street Bridge in the center of Little Rock, Arkansas, this impressive and beautiful gate and garden stands as a symbol of friendship between South Korea and America, a gift...
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Oliver Miller Homestead in South Park Township, Pennsylvania
The first shots of the Whiskey Rebellion were fired (and not drank) at the Oliver Miller Homestead south of Pittsburgh, and today the homestead keeps alive the spirit of early American life.In western...
View ArticleThe World's Largest Aircraft Has Just Left Its Hangar
The world's largest aircraft—some 302 feet long, 143 feet wide, and 83 feet wide, and weighing over 22 tons—is the hybrid of an airplane and airship.Capable of taking off vertically and horizontally, a...
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The Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum in South Bristol, Maine
In the small town of South Bristol (pop. 892), the Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum is preserving the old way ice made the journey from Maine ponds and lakes to kitchens, restaurants, and...
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Wiggly Bridge in York, Maine
Southern Maine is a cornucopia of pristine beaches, picturesque lighthouses, and wide scenic vistas. The town of York, in particular, prevails as a popular destination for summer vacationers. While...
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Doan Outlaw Graves in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
The Doan gang were the scourge of Bucks County in the late 1700s.The Doans were five brothers: Moses, Joseph Jr, Levi, Mahlon and Aaron, and their cousin Abraham. From a Quaker family, they were...
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Bridge of Fists - Ponte dei Pugni in Venice, Italy
For generations of Venetians epic fist fights atop neighborhood bridges were a celebrated tradition. Beginning in about 1600, from September to Christmas each year rival clans would gather en masse at...
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8 Roadside Attractions Vying to be the World's Biggest
The world's largest lobster? (Photo: Dennis Jarvis/CC BY-SA 2.0)Roadside attractions are all about the showmanship, and few things draw a crowd like claiming that something is the biggest in the...
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Hans Island in Denmark and Canada
Hans Island is a small, uninhabited, barren rock in the arctic with no known reserves of oil or natural gas. Yet still, there is an ongoing territorial dispute between Denmark and Canada over who owns...
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See NASA Test the World's Most Powerful Rocket With a Special Camera
By 2018, NASA's Space Launch System, which is replacing the Space Shuttle program, might have finally reached space, if things remain on schedule. Until then, there's a lot of work to be done,...
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Mark Twain Had a Lifelong Feud with the United States Postal Service
Mark Twain, pictured in 1907. (Photo: Library of Congress/LC-DIG-ds-05448)When it came to speaking his mind, Mark Twain was rarely one to pull punches. Twain was often critical of others, whether it...
View ArticleA Massive Blue Ox in Minnesota Was Felled By A Thunderstorm
Babe the Blue Ox okay after being blown over in Tuesday storm https://t.co/q1pizslBYPpic.twitter.com/qGUOkFgUur— MPR News (@MPRnews) August 7, 2016Paul Bunyan’s best pal, Babe the Blue Ox recently got...
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The Microsoft Office World Championships Feature Blood, Tears, and Very...
Athletic regalia at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championships. (All photos: Copyright Certiport)Ryan Catalfu's hard work is finally paying off. Over the past year, he has put in hundreds of...
View ArticleFound: An Underground Meth Lab in a Walmart Parking Lot
Scene cleared up here, this is the manhole CCSERT used to bring up evidence @news4buffalopic.twitter.com/rjzltuIiCs— Callan Gray (@CallanGray4) August 8, 2016It’s not at all uncommon for police to find...
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The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall in New York, New York
This blocked up doorway on a subway station holds a secret that is still felt on the streets of New York today.The Astor Place subway station on the IRT Lexington Avenue line is home to some of the...
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Skinny House in Boston, Massachusetts
Hidden within a city of notably small and narrow apartments, the four-story Skinny House is the skinniest of them all. Only ten feet wide and 30 feet deep, rumor has it that the Skinny House was built...
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A Visual History of the Human Pyramid
Sportsmen in France form a human pyramid, 1919. (Photo: M. Rol/Ullstein Bild/Getty Images)In the 16th century, Franco-Italian artist Juste de Juste sketched a series of prints showing men defying the...
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Gravity Research Foundation Monument in Atlanta, Georgia
Self-made millionaire Roger Babson was a busy man. On top of predicting the stock market crash, running for president as a Prohibition Party candidate, and founding Babson College, he was also fighting...
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L.O.V.E. in Milan, Italy
New York celebrates the power and the optimism of Wall Street with a statue of a charging bull in the Financial District of Manhattan. Milan, on the other hand, is a bit more disillusioned about the...
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Man & Woman Lakes in Hauts Plateaux, Cameroon
Just a few kilometers outside the town of Bangem, above the smaller town of Mbat is the peak Mount Manengouba, a dormant volcano with an expansive caldera at its peak. In the caldera's plain are two...
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