Why The Longest Bridge in The World was Destroyed (and rebuilt)
For many people, driving across bridges is a frightening task. But can you imagine driving over a bridge going across a lake that is so long that you can no longer see land on either side of you? Or w...
11 Aug 202217min
The Mountain Climbing Steam Train (The Story of the Cog Railway)
Cog railways have been constructed in mountainous areas or mining operations. Cog railways, also called rack railways, were built to climb mountains using a unique toothed rack rail. The Mount Washing...
6 Aug 202216min
The Lost Battleships of Hawaii (How Pearl Harbor became a ship Graveyard)
Hawaii is an incredibly unique state within the USA. But Hawaii's place in American history and society often has to do with their geographical location as an archipelago at the halfway point of the P...
4 Aug 202223min
Why Coal Breakers were Horrific Places to Work (Coal Breakers Explained)
Coal breakers were the machines that broke big chunks of coal into smaller pieces. The coal breaker was the heart of the coal mine. Coal breakers were loud and dirty, and they often needed a lot of ma...
30 Jul 20229min
Why Hundreds of New York Ships were Abandoned on Staten Island
The Staten Island Boat Graveyard, located at 2453 Arthur Kill Road in Rossville, was built in the 1930s and went by several different names, such as the Witte Marine Scrap Yard, Arthur Kill Boat Yard,...
28 Jul 202218min
Why Thousands of Aircraft are Abandoned in the Arizona Desert
It is without a doubt that the United States of America, in this current day and age, has the largest, most advanced and most powerful military on the planet. But given that the US is constantly devel...
23 Jul 202222min
Why The Space Needle Looks like a UFO
The Space Needle is a 605-foot-tall observation tower that has been a landmark tourist attraction in Seattle, welcoming more than 60 million visitors since it opened on April 21, 1962. It cost 4.5 mil...
21 Jul 202217min
Portland's Forgotten Tunnels & Trapdoors (Shanghai Tunnels Explained)
The Portland Underground, commonly called the "Shanghai Tunnels," was a series of bar and hotel basements linked to each other and the Willamette River docks by an intricate system of tunnels under th...
16 Jul 202217min
