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Places edited in La Push, Washington
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mental health

One Man’s Fight To Save a Mental Hospital's Forgotten Cemetery

John Horne is determined to preserve the stories of those who were left behind.
February 1, 2024
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central park

How New Yorkers Became Convinced That Dinosaur Bones Were Buried in Central Park

October 20, 2015
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islands of the undesirables

Islands of The Undesirables: Rikers Island

June 5, 2015
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islands of the undesirables

Islands of the Undesirables: Hart Island

June 4, 2015
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islands of the undesirables

Islands of the Undesirables: Randall's Island and Wards Island

June 2, 2015
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nellie bly

Islands of The Undesirables: Roosevelt Island

June 1, 2015
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world's fair

The McBarge: A Failed Floating McDonald's That Wants a Second Chance

January 14, 2015
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ghosts

One of Seattle's Most Beautiful and Ghostliest Theatres Goes Dark

December 12, 2014
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markets

The Sticky, Cult, & Giant Shoe Secrets of Seattle's Pike Place Market

September 10, 2014
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beach

Eight Beaches Where Strange Things Wash Ashore

August 8, 2014
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maps

Copyrighting Cartography with Fictional Places

July 15, 2014
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morbid monday

Morbid Monday: Hazardous Dr. Hazzard, Whose Cure Was Starvation

July 7, 2014
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horticulture

Xylotheks: Wondrous Wooden Books That Hold Wooden Collections

May 22, 2014
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brain collections

The Fates of Famous Brains

May 20, 2014
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tombs

Dante's Dust: A Curious Discovery in Florence's Central Library

May 15, 2014
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shipyards

Where Do Objects Go When They Die?

May 15, 2014
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shipwrecks

Has the wreckage of the ship that "changed human history" been found?

May 14, 2014
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occult

How the Ouija Board Got Its Name

February 28, 2014
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houdini

Waiting for Houdini to Escape from Death

October 28, 2013
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buried alive

The Horror of Premature Burial

October 11, 2013
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skulls

How Did Bits of Percy Shelley's Skull End Up in the New York Public Library?

July 8, 2013