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Highway 61 Through Minnesota
Driving on Highway 61 through Minnesota provides a rare opportunity for one to see virtually every
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Northern Central Railway
The Northern Central Railway (NCR), completed to Sunbury in 1858, was a Class 1 railroad that conne
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Allendale
The borough of Allendale, New Jersey, is a three-plus-square-mile residential community with top-ra
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Floyd Ingraham’s Springwater
Over a century ago, amateur photographer Floyd Ingraham took hundreds of images of a western Finger
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Beaumont’s Civil Air Patrol in World War II
During World War II, Beaumont and Port Arthur were leaders in oil refining, which literally kept th
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Oxnard
As early as 1910, Oxnard was known as the Biggest Little City on the Coast, when the population was
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Pocatello
Few cities in the United States have been influenced by as many industries as Pocatello. Mining, ag
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Norumbega Park and Totem Pole Ballroom
Throughout the early part of the 20th century, Norumbega Park in Newton, Massachusetts, was the ult
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Las Vegas Radio and Television
George Thomas Apfel brings to life the history of radio and television in Las Vegas from its humble
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Ventura County
Ventura County has its roots in the founding of Mission San Buenaventura during the Spanish era (17
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
At the beginning of the 20th century, the term "oceanography" was merely a few decades old, and few
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Garden City
Positioned at the heart of Nassau County, Garden City sits like a crown jewel among the communities
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The Hyde-Murphy Company
The Hyde-Murphy Company was one of the largest and most renowned specialty woodworking mills in the
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Mantua
Mantua, Virginia, sprouted outside Washington, DC, after World War II because of its convenient loc
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New Mexico in World War II
In 1941, New Mexico was an agrarian state with just over half a million people, many of whom lived
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The Victorian Gardener
Gardening is one of the most popular leisure activities today and most people take it for granted t
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Heligoland
In 1956, sea area Heligoland became German Bight. But why did the North Sea island, which for nearl
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Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel
A Michigan icon, Grand Hotel is in its third century as America's summer place. The ambiance of Mac
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Norfolk Southern in Hampton Roads
Norfolk Southern Railway's history in southeastern Virginia began in the mid-19th century when a yo
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Rosewood Center
The first institution of its kind in the state of Maryland, the Rosewood Center opened its doors in
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Campbell County
Wyoming was one of the last states to be inhabited by non-native settlers. Campbell County, located
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Tewksbury State Hospital
Opened on May 1, 1854, the State Almshouse at Tewksbury was a venture by the Commonwealth of Massac
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Shasta County Copper Towns
Placer gold first attracted adventurers to the northern mines after its discovery in Shasta County
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Hakone Estate and Gardens
Hakone Estate and Gardens, the jewel of the Silicon Valley, is 17 acres of landscape architecture d
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Gershwin in Pittsburgh
The great American composer George Gershwin was a product of the energetic Jazz Age city of New Yor
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Historic Houses of Queens
These mailable vintage-photograph postcards showcase a curated group of historically impressive hou
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, standing 198.49 feet, is the tallest brick lighthouse in the United S
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Indiana’s Lost Speedways and Legendary Drivers
From the Indianapolis 500 Motor Speedway to the dirt oval tracks in small Indiana towns, thousands
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Meharry Medical College
Originally founded in 1876 as a department of Central Tennessee College, Meharry Medical College wa
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Florida’s Historic African American Homes
The state of Florida has a rich history of African Americans who have contributed to the advancemen
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Thurber
Once a busy industrial town of nearly 10,000, Thurber now boasts a residency of less than 10. For a
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Catholic Kansas City
In the early 1830s, Fr. Benedict Roux reported only nine Catholic families living in western Missou
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Bella Vista
Bella Vista, located in the southwest corner of the Ozark Mountains, was originally founded in the
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Penn State Blue Band
Since its founding in 1899, the Blue Band has become a beloved part of the history and tradition of
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Devon Horse Show and Country Fair
In May 1896, residents along the Philadelphia Main Line organized a meeting on the lawn of the Devo
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Madison County
Mention Madison County and many people think of the iconic covered bridges that have graced the lan
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Woodward
The horrific 1947 Woodward tornado, the unpredictability of agriculture, and the vagaries of oil an
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Railroads of Lake Charles
This book tells the story of the growth of the railroad industry in southwest Louisiana through pho
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Robert Allerton
Robert Allerton referred to his Piatt County, Illinois, home as the "Farms"--a simple name that was
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Hubbard Park
Nestled on the western edge of the Connecticut traprock ridge known as the Hanging Hills, Hubbard P
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Seward County
Many immigrants were moving through the prairie as early as the 1840s and 1850s, and the majority w
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Westmont
At the time of its incorporation, Westmont was the home of rolling prairie and vast swaths of farml
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Colchester
Colchester, Connecticut, incorporated in 1698, was a successful farming community. When wealthy far
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The Jewish Community of Atlanta
As Atlanta evolved from a sleepy, backwater, 19th-century frontier railroad town into a 21st-centur
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Guntersville
Long before the creation of its famous lake in 1939, Guntersville had a reputation for ferries, far
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The Northeast Corridor
The Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington is perhaps the single most significant stretch