Just 45 Minutes From Las Vegas, This Desert Town Is Filled With Abandoned Cars
Just 45 minutes south of the Las Vegas Strip, a dusty road leads into a place that looks as if time stopped decades ago. Weathered wooden buildings…
Humans Dug A 525-Meter-Deep Hole In Siberia — They Were Looking For Diamonds
Seen from space, the Mir diamond mine looks almost unreal: a gigantic circular excavation carved into the middle of Siberia, where the surrounding landscape stretches for miles….
169 Days, 3 Continents And 22,000 Miles: The 1908 Race From New York To Paris
On a cold February morning in 1908, more than 250,000 people crowded Times Square to watch six automobiles begin a journey that sounded almost impossible. Their destination…
How 100 Sailors Lived For Weeks Inside A Nuclear Submarine
For weeks at a time, about 100 sailors lived inside a steel submarine beneath the ocean, with no windows, almost no personal space and nowhere to simply…
The Romans Left Behind More Than 100 Of These Strange Objects. Nobody Knows What They Were For
The Romans left behind roads, temples, coins, weapons and thousands of everyday objects that archaeologists can still identify today. But among those remains are more than 100…
Scientists Discover 9 New Deep-Sea Sponge Species In Alaska, Revealing A Little-Known Underwater Ecosystem
Scientists have identified nine previously unknown species of deep-sea sponges in Alaska, adding to a growing picture of how much life remains hidden beneath the North Pacific….
In 1903, Two Men And A Bulldog Drove A Winton From San Francisco To New York In 63 Days
In 1903, driving across America was not a road trip. It was an experiment in survival. There were no interstate highways, no reliable road maps and long…
Japan Built A 72,000-Ton Aircraft Carrier In Secret. An American Submarine Sank It On Its First Voyage
In the final months of World War II, Japan secretly built one of the largest warships ever constructed. Originally designed as a super battleship, the vessel was…
Hudson Built A Car That Could Beat Detroit. It Still Couldn’t Save The Company
In the early 1950s, a struggling American automaker built a car that suddenly became almost unbeatable on the NASCAR circuit. The Hudson Hornet was low, powerful and…
More Than 4,400 Mousetrap Patents Exist. Yet The 1894 Design Is Still Everywhere
More than 4,400 mousetrap patents have been granted in the United States since the Patent Office was established in 1838. That is more than for any other…