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10 Places That Rejected Poe in Life But Celebrate Him in Death
Edgar Allan Poe pioneered a distinctly American brand of gothic horror and romanticism, and introduced the short story to the literary tradition. Yet throughout his career he never received much fame...
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When Land Surveys Were a Modern Marvel
On September 30, 1785, Thomas Hutchins, the first and only Geographer of the United States, set out to divide the country’s Western lands into neat, square parcels. He was supposed have a team of 13...
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Cliff Dale Manor Ruins in Alpine, New Jersey
Along the Palisades skyline in Alpine, New Jersey, are the ruins of a once opulent mansion built in 1911 on a 25-acre cliffside property overlooking the Hudson River.The Cliff Dale Manor was built as a...
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Ruth Asawa’s San Francisco Fountain in San Francisco, California
A fitting testament to the city it depicts, the San Francisco Fountain portrays a city “both real and unreal which anyone can enter at will.”After two years of work, world-renowned San Francisco...
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Archaeologists Discover a 12th Cave Connected to the Dead Sea Scrolls
In 1947, a shepherd working in the desert near the Dead Sea threw a rock into one of the area’s many caves. He heard something break, and when he went inside he discovered the first of what would be...
View ArticleWatch a Mesmerizing Display of Fire Spirals on Loop
Strelitzia reginaeA video posted by Daniel Barreto (@esdanielbarreto) on Feb 2, 2017 at 10:40pm PSTDuring dark times, following a glowing warm path can provide comfort. This is what artist Daniel...
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For Sale: Grey Gardens
In 1979, a few years after the eponymous documentary film made it famous, Sally Quinn, the writer, socialite, and wife of former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, purchased Grey Gardens for $220,000...
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Found: A Crucial Map of Tokyo's Ancient Edo Castle, Which Was Ready for War
Early pictorial map of Edo Castle unearthed in Matsuehttps://t.co/RjveVegYBrpic.twitter.com/SuoskR1fDQ— The Mainichi (@themainichi) February 9, 2017The Edo Castle in Tokyo—now part of the city's...
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Giant Lady Legs of Henderson in Henderson, North Carolina
At 160,000 pounds and 17 feet high, these are the largest legs you'll ever see on a country road in North Carolina.Inspired by Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch, local artist Ricky Pearce created...
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Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas
Since 1853, the 22 acres of land just south of Huntsville, Texas have been used as a burial ground for prisoners. When family members fail to come forward to claim the deceased (either because there...
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Taller d'Oleguer Junyent (Oleguer Junyent's Workshop) in Barcelona, Spain
Hidden in the heart of the cosmopolitan district of Gràcia in Barcelona, you can visit an original Belle Epoque atelier, the private art studio of Oleguer Junyent, a Catalan genius who devoted his life...
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Tasmazia and the Village of Lower Crackpot in Promised Land, Australia
This self-proclaimed “largest maze complex in the world” is a quirky family attraction in Tasmania’s Promised Land, backdropped by the picturesque Mount Roland. While sometimes classified as a theme...
View ArticleA Sheep Head Truck Spill Closed a Road in New Zealand
It was a stomach-turning scene as a truck filled with offal flipped on its side and blocked a small highway in Wairoa, New Zealand, the New Zealand Herald reports.The crash occurred Friday at 7 a.m.,...
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Why Did Medieval Artists Give Elephants Trunks That Look Like Trumpets?
The animals in the image above are elephants. They were drawn sometime around the 13th or 14th century in a medieval bestiary, a type of book that described animals large and small, real and fantastic....
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Soviet Bunker at Salvador Andreu House in Barcelona, Spain
Salvador Andreu, better known as "Dr. Andreu," was the wealthiest physician in Barcelona in the 1920s. He used the great fortune he accumulated by a pharmaceutical invention to purchase large plots of...
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It's Not Always Easy Being Iceland's Best Witchcraft Museum
Tucked away in a small, unassuming building in the town of Hólmavík, in Iceland’s Westfjords, is a museum that holds some truly gruesome displays of 17th century sorcery. There are pants made of human...
View ArticleThe World's Tallest Sandcastle Has Been Completed in India
We have successfully created a new World record of tallest sand castle which is 48ft.8 inch for #GuinnessWorldRecord at Puri beach of india pic.twitter.com/j2EJKw4c3i— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand)...
View ArticleFound at the Airport: A Hidden Sword Inside an 80-Year-Old Woman's Cane
80-year-old SC woman did not know her cane contained hidden sword, TSA says https://t.co/8lusTtOC9Fpic.twitter.com/G8QZSS0BWK— WYFF News 4 (@wyffnews4) February 10, 2017While passing through airport...
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Needle's Eye in Brampton Bierlow, England
An idiosyncratic pyramid arch towers at the end of a tree-lined carriage road in a Wentworth field. Like all follies, it serves no real purpose, but some 300 years ago it helped an aristocrat retain...
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Frick Park Clay Courts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
First built in 1930, this set of six natural red clay public tennis courts in the East End of Pittsburgh is one of the first of its kind in the United States. Situated on the edge of the 644-acre Frick...
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