Why New York's Secret Government Island Has No Inhabitants
Governors Island is a small island off the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The island has a long and varied history, dating back to the 1600s when it was first used as a Dutch colonial set...
25 Aug 202215min
Why Chicago's Worst Public Housing Project became a National Disgrace
Cabrini-Green, the public housing complex once infamous nationwide as a symbol of crime and urban blight, has been slowly demolished over the past two decades. African American residents were scattere...
20 Aug 202219min
Why the Queens Midtown Tunnel has doors to prevent disaster
The Queens-Midtown Tunnel was first planned in 1921, though the plans for the tunnel were modified over the following years. By the 1930s, the tunnel was being proposed as the Triborough Tunnel, conne...
18 Aug 202219min
The Rise and Fall of Tombstone Arizona
To many around the world and even many Americans themselves, the stereotypical caricature of this country is the Cowboy Culture or the Wild West. These illustrations have been immortalized in many for...
13 Aug 202227min
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
