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Politics

Frederikssund, Denmark

'Min Indre Svinehund' ('My Inner Beast')

This striking pig statue was part of a 1993 guerilla art project against racism.

Nevada’s Basque community began with sheepherders, who settled here in the late 19th century.

Searching for Nevada’s Most Off-Beat Places and People

You haven’t really explored the Silver State until you’ve gone off the Las Vegas Strip.

Sponsored by Travel Nevada

Podcast: Nevada Week: Molossia

An 11-acre micronation in the Nevada desert with its own rules and regulations.

Sponsored by Travel Nevada

The local coroner’s report was once classified and now can be yours for a cool $80,000.

For Sale: President William McKinley’s Top-Secret Autopsy Report

After McKinley’s assassination, a local Buffalo coroner was called in to tell the nation how the 25th president died.

April White February 6, 2024

Podcast: Moynaq

A city in Uzbekistan that was once a port is now in the middle of a desert.

The Podcast Team February 6, 2024

Talkeetna, Alaska

The Cat Mayor of Talkeetna

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

San Francisco, California

Bernal Hill Rock

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

Villa Hayes, Paraguay

Museo Municipal de Villa Hayes

How did 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes become so beloved in Paraguay?

Florence, Arizona

McFarland State Historic Park

Florence's historic adobe county courthouse was turned into a historic site that honors one of Arizona's most prominent political leaders.

Pristina, Kosovo

Gazimestan

The site of a legendary 14th-century battle and a controversial 20th-century speech.

Podcast: They Also Ran Gallery

Celebrate presidential politics—with the ones who lost.

The Podcast Team November 28, 2023

From Cursed Coconuts to Santa Claus, 6 Unexpected Election Day Stories

Including a guide to some of the most disastrous votes in history.

April White November 3, 2023

Palm Springs, California

Sonny Bono Statue

A bust of the entertainer and politician sits in an alcove at the Palm Springs Airport.

Reform Bill Heads

A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.

Brooklyn, New York

Grave of Governor DeWitt Clinton

The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."

The Trail of Governors

Pierre, South Dakota

The Trail of Governors

A series of life-sized statues of each governor of the state of South Dakota.

Printed in a communist youth magazine in the 1930s, Towards Soviet America visits all of capitalist America’s social injustices on the way to “Soviet America” in the center.

objects of intrigue

The Anti-Monopoly Board Game That Promoted a 'Soviet America'

In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn't catch on.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think August 18, 2023

Designed by English sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, models of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals were destined for Central Park's never-realized Paleozoic Museum.

The Bizarre True Story of Central Park’s Doomed Victorian Dinosaur Museum

For centuries, the infamous Boss Tweed was blamed for destroying its dino-models—but what really happened is even weirder.

Sarah Durn August 3, 2023