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Williamsburg Savings Bank

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shipwrecks

Has the Mystery of the Tjipetir Blocks Been Solved?

December 4, 2014
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obscura society

Something Awesome This Way Comes - The Debut of the Illinois Obscura Society

December 4, 2014
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endangered animals

World's Largest Manta-Ray Trafficker Bust in Indonesia

December 4, 2014
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intriguing environs

The Ebb and Flow of Lake Nicaragua: Can a Pacific-Atlantic Crossing Reclaim Its Throne from Panama?

December 4, 2014
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columns

Objects of Intrigue: All Aboard the Funeral Trains!

December 3, 2014
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marquis de sade

200 Years after His Death, Paris Invites Its Most Divine Debaucher to Sully Its Art Halls

December 3, 2014
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cryptography

A New Clue to One of the World's Most Baffling Cryptographic Mysteries

December 2, 2014
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underwater

The World's Most Stunning Sea Caves

December 2, 2014
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tunnels

Blackout Below Birmingham in the Abandoned WWII Tunnels

December 2, 2014
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brain collections

A Lost Collection of Abnormal Brains Finally Gets a History

December 2, 2014
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insane asylum cemeteries

Numbers Instead of Names on the Forgotten Graves of Asylum Patients

December 1, 2014
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ghost towns

A Flooded Mexican Ghost Town Offers Refuge to Border Crossers

December 1, 2014
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holidays

The 1920s Puppeteer Whose Inflatable Monsters Changed Thanksgiving

November 26, 2014
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abandoned hospitals

Alcatraz's Off-Limits Hospital Opens its Decrepit Wards

November 26, 2014
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roadside attractions

Twilight of the American Roadside: A Museum of Lost Americana Survives off the Map

November 26, 2014
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bioluminescence

Predatory Glow Worms Discovered in the Amazon Rainforest

November 26, 2014
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religious parks

Hell on Earth: Five Experiences of Eternal Damnation before Death

November 25, 2014