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Hillman House

Washington, D.C.

George Washington's Townhouse Lots

After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.

One of the crying child artworks by Giovanni Bragolin.

A Painting of a Crying Boy Was Blamed for a Series of Fires in the '80s

The artwork, said UK tabloids at the time, was haunted.

Natalie Zarrelli April 21, 2017

Helmeted spectators watch as a beehive ends in fireworks.

Tainan City, Taiwan

Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

This map shows where human-ignited wildfires dominate.

Humans Are Responsible for 84 Percent of Wildfires in the U.S.

Only in the mountainous west was lightning a more common cause, a new paper reports.

Sarah Laskow February 27, 2017

Saint Andrews, Scotland

Saint Salvator's Unlucky PH

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

Golden Boy of Pye Corner

London, England

The Golden Boy at Pye Corner

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

As a fire rages in a house, people escape through W. Joachim Smith's new invented chute machine.

The Creative and Forgotten Fire Escape Designs of the 1800s

Some were more logical than others.

Lauren Young December 9, 2016

Phelan Building, with the rooftop penthouse visible

San Francisco, California

Phelan Building

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Dictograph Alarm on a Baltimore garage.

Why Don't They Make Alarms Like This Anymore?

They are pretty cool-looking.

Sarah Laskow November 8, 2016

Never Fear, Pet Owners: There's Now An Oxygen Mask For Your Cat

Or your dog, bunny, guinea pig, bird, or even turtle.

Sarah Laskow October 11, 2016

Burying Binghamton dead 1913 Binghamton Factory Fire

Binghamton, New York

Binghamton Clothing Factory Fire Monument

A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.

What's This Strange Patch in the Australian Desert?

It appeared in the fall of 2015.

Sarah Laskow September 28, 2016

Keeper of the Plains, by Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin

Wichita, Kansas

Keeper of the Plains

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Forest Burns After Man Set Used Toilet Paper Ablaze

It's since been brought under control.

Cara Giaimo August 11, 2016

space exploration

See NASA Test the World's Most Powerful Rocket With a Special Camera

It looks very powerful.

Erik Shilling August 9, 2016

Runners carry the Olympic Flame from Greece to Germany in 1936.

The Weirdest Things We’ve Done to the Olympic Torch

Well before Rio, people have made a point of torturing the torch.

Cara Giaimo August 5, 2016

front 3/4 view from the sidewalk

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto's Half House

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

How Firefighters Calculate Containment as They Battle the Sand Fire

California's deadly Sand fire has been raging for days.

Erik Shilling July 27, 2016