Most people use the phrase as an angry dismissal, but for a specific community in the northern United States, “going to Hell” is simply a matter of checking a map.
Hell on Earth: The Frozen Reality of a Michigan Town Read More »
Frank Bourassa was not a typical criminal. He was a businessman who decided his product would be money itself.
The $250 Million Man: How Frank Bourassa Printed His Own Fortune Read More »
On July 2, 1982, a truck driver named Larry Walters took off from a backyard in San Pedro, California. He did not pilot an airplane or a helicopter.
45 Weather Balloons and a Lawn Chair: The True Flight of Larry Walters Read More »
Most children spend their tenth year trading playing cards or riding bicycles. Michael Kearney spent his walking across a stage to accept a university diploma.
The 10-Year-Old College Graduate: The Record-Breaking Life of Michael Kearney Read More »
Cinema history is filled with difficult productions, but the making of the 1981 film Roar stands alone as a catalog of catastrophe.
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In the heart of Wilmington, Delaware, sits a squat, yellow-brick building with modest blue awnings. It occupies less than a city block.
The One-Story Office That Houses 300,000 Companies Read More »
On January 1, 1913, the United States Postal Service launched a revolutionary new service that connected rural America to the rest of the world like never before
The Era When American Parents Mailed Their Children Read More »
History is full of strange deaths, but few are as ironic as that of Clement Vallandigham.
The Lawyer Who Won His Case by Accidentally Killing Himself Read More »
For nearly two centuries, a tiny triangular slice of land near the Atlantic coast sat in a legal void, technically governed by no specific state.
The Delaware Wedge: The 800-Acre Land That Maps Forgot Read More »
It sounds like a gag from a slapstick comedy, but for farmers in New Zealand during the early 1930s, the threat of spontaneously combusting clothing was a terrifying reality.
The Great New Zealand Exploding Trousers Epidemic of the 1930s Read More »
