It’s History

It’s History

IT’S HISTORY is a ride through history – join us in discovering the world’s most important eras, the minds that changed everything, and the most important inventions of our time through weekly tales of Urban Decay. This podcast is distributed and operated by Video Brothers Music.

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Why the Navy ABANDONED hundreds of Ships in California

Why the Navy ABANDONED hundreds of Ships in California

An ever-shrinking collection of the US Navy's most storied ships lies in a bay near San Francisco. This National Defense Reserve Fleet held war heroes, masters of espionage, and behind-the-scenes vess...

12 Mar 202221min

Why the Longest Tunnel in the World Leads to New York City

Why the Longest Tunnel in the World Leads to New York City

New York City is the pinnacle example of American development. Being the most populated city in the United States, it requires a tremendous amount of infrastructure - chief Among the most important of...

10 Mar 202219min

How New Jersey's Pine Barrens became The Creepiest Place in America (The Jersey Devil)

How New Jersey's Pine Barrens became The Creepiest Place in America (The Jersey Devil)

Across the south of New Jersey, there are 1.1 million acres of pine forest. From the northern part of Ocean Country down to Cape May, the Pinelands National Reserve occupied 22% of the state's land ar...

5 Mar 202217min

Why the Ruins of this N.Y. tower were moved to Indiana

Why the Ruins of this N.Y. tower were moved to Indiana

The lost St Paul building, Designed by George B. Post, constructed from 1895 to 1898, and named for the St. Paul Chapel across Broadway. This masterpiece once towered over lower Manhattan's Financial ...

3 Mar 202224min

New York's Deep Tunnel - The Lincoln Tunnel's Forgotten Past

New York's Deep Tunnel - The Lincoln Tunnel's Forgotten Past

As one of the busiest vehicular tunnels in the world and a cousin tunnel to the highly successful Holland Tunnel, the Lincoln Tunnel sees over 100,000 cars every single day and around 21 million a yea...

26 Feb 202223min

The Secret Steam Tunnel System of N.Y.C. (and why it pours out of the street)

The Secret Steam Tunnel System of N.Y.C. (and why it pours out of the street)

Sprawling beneath the busy streets of New York lays an incredible steam system that provides heat to many of the city's most iconic landmarks— the steam stacks, to many, serving as icons all their own...

24 Feb 202221min

New York's LOST Pulitzer Tower | The Rise and Fall of The World Building

New York's LOST Pulitzer Tower | The Rise and Fall of The World Building

Once the tallest building in New York City and the tallest office building in the world, the World Building of New York is no longer present in its skyline. Officially known as the Pulitzer Building, ...

19 Feb 202223min

Finding Chicago's LAST Yellow Street Signs | The Story of American Road Signage

Finding Chicago's LAST Yellow Street Signs | The Story of American Road Signage

Street signs are one of the most common sights in your average city, but the average tourist often does not think of them. But just as the city of Chicago is not average, nor is their street signs. It...

17 Feb 202215min

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