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Sex Work Throughout History: Our Favorite Reads

Often considered one of the oldest professions—dating back to at least 2400 BC i...

Lanyang Museum in Toucheng, Taiwan

An hour from the bustling Taipei metropolitan area, Yilan County offers a chang...

‘Bonhomme de Fer’ (‘The Iron Man’) in Écaussinnes, Belgium

From far away, this cast iron statue looks eerily like the silhouette of a man....

Don Parks’ Yard of Statues and Stuff in Phoenix, Arizona

Don Parks first began collecting miscellaneous antiques in high school, when hi...

Ken Shimura Statue in Japan

If you get off the Seibu Railway train at Higashi-Murayama station, a gateway t...

Sunnyslope Rock Garden in Phoenix, Arizona

Standing on his newly purchased patch of bare Arizona desert in 1951, Grover Cl...

Thomas Briggs’ Plaque in London, England

On July 9, 1864 as the 9:50 p.m. train from Fenchurch Street pulled into Hackne...

How Cold War Spying From Space Connected the Galaxy to ...

Harold Mitchell watched from the cockpit of his plane as a spacecraft fell from ...

‘The Big Piece’ in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is known for its bright lights, casinos, and nightlife, but it's also...

Viking Longboat in Andover, England

Upon the River Anton as it passes through Andover, a Viking vessel stands as a ...

The World Time Today in London, England

Within a wall of London’s bustling Piccadilly Circus Underground Station, a cur...

Caprock Canyon State Park in Quitaque, Texas

Less than two hours southeast of Amarillo, Texas is a little known, yet decent-...

‘Take Courage’ Ghost Sign in London, England

In the Southwark area of London, just outside of Borough Market, is one of the ...

Lovers of Modena in Modena, Italy

In 2009, a pair of human skeletons were found with their hands interlocked in M...

Šerefudin's White Mosque in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In a town that's stirred up archeological controversy over its pyramids, there ...

Petroglyphs at Signal Hill in Tucson, Arizona

One of southern Arizona’s most prominent petroglyph sites is Signal Hill in the...

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