Don’t put it off
There’s a shop near the place I’m currently living called The Bone Room. I’ve never been, but from what I hear it is a…
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My Grandparents’ Cabin
My grandparents built a cabin on the side of a mountain in Arkansas. They moved away from it when my dad was still a…
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15 Year Old Kid Discovers Lost Mayan City
A 15 year old kid has used satellite imagery and some really clever research to predict the location of a Mayan city. In particular,…
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Archaeology at the Presidio in San Francisco
The air is that perfect San Francisco temperature where you can’t tell if you want to put your jacket on or take it off….
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Bridge to Nowhere
Our car pulls up in the dusty parking lot in the shadow of the massive bridge traversing the bay. The only other people there…
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Top 10 (Real Life!) Trapped Tombs, Temples, and Treasures
Take a look at any fiction that has ancient ruins in it, and odds are that it’s going to be trapped. Whether it’s Indiana…
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Admiral’s Row in the Navy Stockyard
The fence surrounding the abandoned Navy Stockyard is old and fancy, with wrought iron bars topped in vicious looking spearpoints. Good. The fancier a…
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The Plants are Running the Greenhouse
We’ve been searching for hours, and we’ve finally found it. We amble nonchalantly past a cop car, which drives by and leaves us be….
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The Agora Building in Melbourne
I’d spotted the boarded up windows of the majestic old building while walking through Melbourne. Whenever I find a beautiful old building that looks…
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Angkor Wat
According to legend, Angkor Wat was taken directly from the heavens and placed fully formed in the city of Angkor. When the French explorer…
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