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In 1659, the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony banned by law the celebration of Christmas as it was deemed to be a time of seasonal excess with no Biblical...

The Gambler 500 began as little more than a way to kill a weekend. Over beers in a local tavern, founder Tate Morgan and a couple of friends laid out...

Before Las Vegas became the entertainment capital of the world, there was Reno. Known as the Biggest Little City in the World, Reno was the legalized gambling, prostitution, and divorce...

What is involved in the daily ebb and flow of airline operations at a major airport? How do all the activities come together to make air travel a routine, mass-travel...

When the body of a young female jogger was found at the bottom of a stairwell near Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square in the early morning hours of November 2, 1995, the...

The Norfolk Southern Christiansburg District: A Modern Mountain Railroad takes a close look of Norfolk Southern’s Christiansburg district mainline operation. We will begin the journey just outside of Roanoke, Virginia’s...

Viewing Norfolk Southern Railway covers the history of this railroad, beginning with the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company, which in 1830 operated the first regularly scheduled passenger train...

The residents of a small town in Connecticut were surprised to learn a Pro-Nazi organization was building a Hitler-styled youth camp in their midst. The German-American Bund secretly purchased 178...

Once considered the powerhouse of American industry, much of Western Pennsylvania now lies in ruins. The collapse of the steel industry and deindustrialization led to a decline in population and...

Abandoned Ozarks, Southwest Missouri offers a poignant, artistic, and sometimes sorrowful look at abandoned structures that have helped shape the culture and society of the rural Ozarks region and the...

History often focuses on people of prominence—political, social, and economic leaders. However, the role of “ordinary people” often gets neglected. Sacramento has had many “hidden figures” in its past. These...

Every factory ever built was because someone had a dream. Every business ever started was a person taking a risk. Every school ever built was done so with the intention...

The Wisconsin Central (WC) was a dynamic regional railroad that served the upper Midwest from 1987–2001. Despite lasting just short of fourteen years, WC packed a lot of changes and...

Reclaiming the Merrimack is a call-to-action book that outlines the history of the beloved river and reveals that the time is now to make it cleaner. The Merrimack is the...

Abandoned Washington State presents a fascinating glimpse into history through captivating photographs of places now abandoned. Each photograph has a story behind it, and it is through these thought-provoking stories...

When we see abandoned buildings, it’s our natural instinct to wonder why they have been left behind to the intense elements of North Dakota. Come along with author Katherine Rose...

Abandoned Arizona: Relics of the Past is a nocturnal look at vintage and iconic signs in Arizona. Follow photographer Sandra Jungling as she travels Arizona’s historic roadways in search of...

Standing Tall recalls a period in the early 1960s that is part of the social justice continuum in the U.S. This is the story of how Willie Long led a...

Route 66 Abandoned: Under a Western Moon is an unforgettable nocturnal journey on the most famous roadway in the United States, focusing on the Southwest. One of the earliest cross-country...

There are many unique places to visit in the historic and famous city of Detroit, many with an interesting history. In Detroit: A Grand City, author Naomi Chapman takes readers...

Since the second half of the nineteenth century, Cape Cod has been a vacation destination. Generations of people have made memories there. It has been, and still is, known for...

Come along as photographer, Bonnie Chapman, takes readers on an exploration through Southern Ohio. Explore unknown and forgotten locations most are unaware of. These photographs were taken to preserve history...

Abandoned structures are places that open the imagination and invite interpretation. Exploration of their rusted, rotted remnants ensures stories of the forgotten continue to be told. While often overlooked by...

The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club is one of the nation's premier rail fan clubs. Since its founding in Denver in 1938, the Club has hosted countless excursions, published books, and...

Pioneering Women of Glacier National Park examines the role of early pioneering women in the pre-park period up through the first three decades of Glacier Park (1910–1940). The concept of...

The name Mattapan originated with the Neponset Tribe of the Massachusett Indians, a tribe of the Massachusetts confederation of Native Americans. For well over 200 years, the area remained farms...

California is known as the "Golden State." However, it has been said that "all that glitters is not gold." Within the pages of this book are true stories including the...

Abandoned Vermont and New Hampshire: Forgotten in the Mountains brings readers on a trip through the winding roads of mountainous areas where understated abandonment is crumbling in the small, rural...

This book will take you through the ferocious storms and aweinspiring skies of “Tornado Alley” through the eyes of a storm chaser and tornado researcher who travels there each year...

Pittsburgh is an amazing city that perfectly combines historical legacy and modern development. Previously known as the “Steel City” and “Iron City,” it has now grown into a frontier for...

Murder for hire plots, conspiracy to commit murder, and contract killings may seem like something that only happens in the Mafia, but Oregon has had more than its fair share...

This is the untold story of Lewis Chalmers, a Scottish mining capitalist who spent two decades chasing silver sixty miles south of the original Comstock Lode. In lengthy letters to...

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Heritage started in 1849 with the opening of the Aurora Branch Railroad in Illinois from Aurora to Chicago’s west side. This grew into the Chicago,...

Join us as we embark on an exploration of humanity's remnants, from time capsules that appear untouched for decades to abandoned places that have simply been forgotten. We'll look at...

Washington may be known as the Evergreen State but hidden amongst the evergreen trees are true crime stories spanning the past century. Come and explore the Ghoul of Gray’s Harbor...

California is one of several states that make up the Wild West in the United States. It was first established as a U.S. a territory in 1848. The state that...