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The House that Ruth Built: The Story of the Old Yankee Stadium
In the 1920 season, Babe Ruth's home run hits drew 1.3 million fans to see the New York Yankees play at their home park, Polo Grounds. Despite breaking the million season record, this posed a problem to the Yankees, as the stadium was owned by their fierce rivals, the Giants. After a notice of eviction and the fiery 1921 World Series game between the teams, the Giants' owner Charles Stoneham and manager John McGraw made it clear: the Yankees had to go.Much to the Giants' dismay, the Ya...
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Old Ironsides: The USS Constitution and the Start of the U.S. Navy
After the costly Revolutionary War, the young United States was unable to afford to maintain a Co...
The Hollywood Sign: The Story of a City's Symbol Hollywoodland
For nearly a century, the Hollywood Sign has stood on the southern slope of Mount Lee overlooking...
Building Disneyland
On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened its gates for the first time. Instantly capturing the imagina...
Returning to the Moon: The Apollo 14 Mission
In the wake of the disastrous Apollo 13, the revolutionary space program that had landed humans o...
Crossing the Thames: the Many London Bridges
The London Bridge has been an iconic structure in film, literature, and nursery rhyme, but the br...
Towering over Japan: The Story of Mount Fuji
With a height of 3,776 meters (12,385 ft), Mount Fuji is the highest mountain across the Japanese...
Vlad Tepes III: The Real Dracula
The connection between Bram Stoker’s vampire Count Dracula and the historical Vlad Dracula is oft...
Alcatraz: The History of the Rock
Inhospitable and inescapable, the Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island housed some of the most...
Roman Arrows: Weapon of an Empire
Today, the ancient Romans are remembered for their military tactics and sprawling empire, but the...
To the Moon and Back: The Story of Apollo 11
On this day, July 20, fifty-four years ago, human beings first walked on the surface of the moon....
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali In and Out of the Ring
In 1964, a loud, handsome boxer from Louisville, Kentucky shocked the sports world by beating the...
Age of Vikings: Bridging the Old and New Worlds
In 793 CE, a longship appeared off the coast of Lindisfarne, a small English island that held lit...
A Millennia of Chain Mail
Bookended by the collapse of the western Roman Empire in 476 and the beginnings of the Renaissanc...
