New York City is home to perhaps the most famous island in the world: the 13-mile long, 2-mile wide parcel called Manhattan.…
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There’s something to be said for having the skill, the drive and the tenacity to track something down even when it’s remarkably…
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Full disclosure—my husband claims that I don’t listen to him. He’ll assert he’s told me something when I have absolutely no recollection…
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By now, even casual history buffs are familiar with Dallas’s Dealey Plaza on the afternoon of November 23, 1963. JFK next to…
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From the late 1960s until the late 1990s, Northern Ireland was a killing field, one whose tentacles often extended to the Republic…
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October: The spookiest month of the year leading up to the 31st. Before that frightful date falls, the weeks leading up to…
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The human body is a weird and wonderful thing. Sometimes we seem soft and malleable compared to all the other creatures in…
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You probably picture pigs running around in a field or rooting in the dirt when you think of the porcine creatures. But…
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Espionage played a crucial role during the Second World War. Spies and covert operatives were extensively deployed by every major power across…
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Thanks to human conflict, there is no shortage of forts, bases, and shelters. Those that are abandoned have a certain attraction, a…