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When I first learned of the ghost towns of New Jersey, I could hardly believe it. How could a state with more…
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The Blue Ridge Parkway follows the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains through the states of North Carolina and Virginia. It is…
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For those of us who enjoy classic television, few shows hold such a warm place in our hearts as The Andy Griffith…
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MissouriThe Midwest
Sandbagged: How a Hapless Ex-Con Got Blamed for the 1993 Flood in West Quincy, MO
For three months in the spring and summer of 1993 rain pounded the Mississippi River basin relentlessly. From Minnesota to Missouri, rivers…
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In early autumn of 1903, something bizarre and terrifying happened in the town of Van Meter, Iowa. People have been talking about…
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MinnesotaThe Midwest
Springtime Doesn’t Last Forever: The Rise and Fall of the Indoor Shopping Mall in Minneapolis, MN
There are innovations that, when we first experience them, are so striking, so clearly a terrific idea, that we cannot conceive of…
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Eighty-nine-year-old Marjorie Congdon has been called both a sociopath and a psychopath. The terms are not interchangeable. Sociopaths have a conscience, but…
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Do a simple Google search on “gateway to hell” and you’ll be surprised at how many results you get. Some are sites…
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IdahoThe Mountain States
Meltdown: How Two Hotheads May Have Caused America’s First Nuclear Disaster
The story goes like this. Two young enlisted men in their early twenties were tasked with operating a nuclear reactor in the…