River of Blood: The Memorial to a Civil War Battle That Never Took Place

Apr 30, 2018

In the greens overlooking the Potomac river, between the 14th hole and the 15th tee at the Trump National Golf Club in Lowes Island, Norther...

Nightingale Floor: An Ancient Japanese Intruder Detection System

Apr 27, 2018

Squeaky floors are annoying, which is why when you search for “squeaky floors” in Google, you get hundreds of articles offering you tips and...

The Ice Caves That Never Melt, Even In Summer

Apr 26, 2018

In the mountains of the Shanxi province in China, is the country’s biggest ice cave—an 85-meter deep bowling pin shaped subterranean structu...

The Pigeons Who Took Photos

Apr 25, 2018

At the turn of the last century, when aviation was still in its infancy, a German named Julius Neubronner submitted a patent for a new inven...

Shanghaiing: How Trickery And Deception Turned Thousands of Unwilling Men Into Sailors

Apr 23, 2018

Underneath Portland’s Old Town is a network of tunnel passages connecting the basements of many downtown bars and hotels to the Willamette R...

How to Get Away With Murder in Yellowstone National Park

Apr 20, 2018

In 2005, a Michigan State law professor published a paper in a law journal where he described a way to commit the perfect crime and get away...

The Theater That Shakespeare Stole

Apr 19, 2018

On a cold, snowy December night in 1598, about a dozen men armed with swords, daggers and axes quietly broke into a recently vacated theater...

Unalaska: The Town Full of Bald Eagles

Apr 17, 2018

The bald eagle may be America’s national bird, but for the small Alaskan town of Unalaska, this majestic bird is little more than a pest. Th...

Peary Land, The Land of Extremities

Apr 17, 2018

The northern tip of Greenland, despite being situated a little over 700 km from the north pole, is entirely ice free and has been for the la...

Why Do Many Historic Buildings in The UK Have Bricked Up Windows?

Apr 16, 2018

There was a time in Great Britain when having windows in homes and buildings were prohibitively expensive. That time began in 1696 with the...