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Podcast: Black History in Plain Sight with Places Editors Jonathan and Michelle

From an Atlantic City boardwalk to a Black taxidermist's near-ubiquitous work at Chicago's Field Museum.

The Podcast Team February 29, 2024

The head of the plaster sphinx, following days of excavation.

See a 94-Year-Old Sphinx Emerge From Californian Sand Dunes

A true relic of another age, when extravagant, overwrought blockbusters ruled the cineplex. Oh, wait.

Natasha Frost November 29, 2017

Berlin Wall segments in Los Angeles.

A Cold-War Museum Gets the Perfect New Home—an Empty Cold-War Armory

Culver City's Wende Museum is moving into what was once a secret military site.

Sarah Laskow November 16, 2017

Gold "Stuart crystal" mourning slide, England, late 17th century.

One of America's Largest Collections of Memento Mori Is for Sale

Once held at the Museum of Mourning Art, more than 150 pieces will go to auction.

Sarah Laskow November 14, 2017