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
The Rise and Fall of Route 66 (Why America's Greatest Road Fell into Oblivion)
U.S. Route 66, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, was one of the original highways constructed by the U.S. Highway System in 1926. Route 66 is over 90 years old and definitely, a road less travele...
14 Jul 202221min
Abandoned Aircraft Carriers and Navy Ships (Washington's Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facilities)
With a naval tradition as old as the nation itself, the United States Navy has a very storied history. And for many vessels, the end of their journey lies in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facili...
9 Jul 202222min
Why Towns were Lost Under New York's Water Reservoir
Compared to other cities in the United States, New York City is often said to have the best drinking water in the country in terms of its cleanliness, pH level and even its taste. But this high qualit...
7 Jul 202224min
