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The NYPL Just Released More Than 180,000 Images. We Picked the Best of Old New York

January 7, 2016

Photos Of The World's Water, Expressing Itself In Breathtaking Ways

January 6, 2016

Photographing the Tiny Upstate New York Town Obsessed with UFOs

December 29, 2015

Searching for the Mystery Lights of Marfa, Texas

Behold These Seasonally Confused Holiday Cards from the Victorian Era

December 22, 2015

Victorian Cookbooks Were Stuffed with Costumed Roosters and Sphinx Cakes

December 18, 2015

Photos From The Lost Penn Station, Where Commuting Was Infinitely More Beautiful

December 11, 2015

Photos of a Road Trip Home, With Pit Stops in the Abandoned Past

Vintage Images of Canine Cosmonauts from the USSR

December 8, 2015

Driftwood Sculptures from America's Largest Swamp

See the Flashcards the Stasi Used for Facial Recognition

November 24, 2015

See a 400-Year-Old Book Made Entirely from Feathers

November 20, 2015

9 Beautiful Portraits of Rescued Owls

November 19, 2015

The History of Hazardous Clothing, in Pictures

What not to wear.

November 17, 2015

Striking Vintage Photos of Houston's Early R&B Scene

November 13, 2015

See Aerial Reconnaissance Photos of WWI Battlefields

November 10, 2015

Unseen Photos of Jewish Life in Europe, Before and After World War II

November 6, 2015

Photos of Suburban Halloween Decorations from the 1980s

October 30, 2015