Susannah Place: Sydney’s Oldest Row of Houses Shows Life Exactly as It Was Lived
A row of Sydney houses, built by Irish settlers in 1844, survives plague, slums, and gentrification as a museum of lived-in history.
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Tag: history
How Rare It Is For Presidents To Name Stuff After Themselves
A history of presidents naming things after themselves, from Washington's city to Trump's threats.
Two Rivers Heritage Museum Hides a Surprising Collection Behind Its Modest Exterior
A modest museum hiding a surprising treasure trove of local history, oddities, and hands-on exhibits in Washougal, Washington.
Rare Photos That Reveal What History Actually Looked Like
A collection of sixty-nine vintage photographs spanning history, from a laughing Mongolian girl to a rare portrait of North Korea's founder.
US Military Shuts Down Longest-Running Intelligence System in American History
A satellite launched in 1970 spent decades watching for nuclear missile launches, but the US military has finally shut down the program.
New Nonfiction Arrivals Worth Reading This Month
A strange and wonderful October mix of nonfiction: a memoir, a critique of innovation, a study of body hair, and more.
Hon Chuong Cham Tower, a 12th-century brick shrine, rises above the De Gi hills of southern Vietnam
A solitary Cham ruin guards a towering rocky summit high above rugged Vietnamese mountains, shrouded in mystery.
Keri Leigh Merritt’s Five Essential Books on Women in the Early Civil Rights Movement
A list of five essential books on women in the early Civil Rights Movement, from Mary McLeod Bethune to Audley Moore.
‘A Kind of Rosetta Stone’: AI Decodes 217-Year-Old Secret Letter Ordered by Napoleon
An AI hath solved a secret letter of 217 years, a Rosetta Stone for the dead tongue of ciphers.
AI Model Discovers Previously Unnoticed 1615 Ship’s Log Detailing Dodo Hunting
A dodo's memory lives in a forgotten ship's log, discovered by a model's strange epistemological search.
How Mary McLeod Bethune, Dorothy Height, and Other Women Organised the March on Washington Behind the Scenes
A look back at the women who organized the 1963 March on Washington, from reporter Lula Patterson's own notes.
Two Jars Once Made by Enslaved Potter Dave Drake Are Returned to His Descendants
A museum hands back two jars of stoneware, bearing the name of a potter once enslaved, whose poems survived a law against literacy.