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An Olympic hero controversially stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, that took his name after his death
No other athlete has come close to Jim Thorpe in all-around versatility. Born in 1887 in Prague, Oklahoma, Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox nation and suffered the loss of his twin brother and... »
Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori | Edited by allison and Dylan
America's oldest existing surgical theater, where you can practically hear the screams
In the early 1800s, an operating theater was quite literally that—a combination of surgical operating room and stage theater, complete with an unruly audience of young doctors, nervous... »
Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Annetta and others
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms
The Masonic Temple of Philadelphia, or as it's properly known "The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania and Masonic... »
Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by ShaneStringer, Annetta and others
Pittsburgh's literal underground railroad.
Much of the South Hills of Pittburgh has been mined for coal, and 19th and 20th century coal mines were excavated beneath a large part of the city. One such mine is the Keeling mine. The mine... »
Subterranean Sites | Edited by A Facebook user
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck
In 1890, J.J. Ott gave a remarkable concert for the Buckwampum historical society. What made the concert remarkable wasn't the music being played but the instrument Ott was playing. The instrument... »
Geological Oddities, Musical Wonders | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
The first natural history museum in the United States
Charles Willson Peale, an American portraitist, has largely been forgotten by the annals of museum history, but his studio-cum-gallery-cum-natural history museum was one of the first museums in... »
Wonder Cabinets, Natural History, Unique Collections | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Annetta and others
The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church
Upon his canonization, Saint John Neumann was exhumed and placed on display for worship. First they removed some bones and cut them into small pieces to be set in very small, glass-covered... »
Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Dylan, commanderkeen and others
Current Docking of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic Ocean Liner
With the highest sustained top speed of 35 knots, the SS United States is the worlds fastest ocean liner.
Launched in 1952, it's maiden voyage set the record for the fastest transatlantic trip... »
Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech | Edited by
The headquartes of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania Woods
According to the legend, in the early 1400s a man named Christian Rosenkreuz (German for Rose-Cross) took a pilgrimage to the Middle East and learned among Turkish, Arab, and Persian sages and... »
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