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Sandy Hook Lighthouse, perched on the tip of New Jersey's Sandy Hook peninsula at the mouth of New York Harbor, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States, dating to 1764.

What Is the Oldest Operating Lighthouse in the US?

Medicine

Inventions & Science

How Did Doctors Operate Before Anesthesia?

Town Crier Giving Announcements

Colonial America

Town Criers Were the Original Social Media

Deckchairs on pebble beach

European History

When Going to the Beach Was Doctor's Orders

seascape painting: After the Storm on Lake Michigan

Natural Disasters & Environment

What is the 'Bermuda Triangle of the North'?

Stone spheres at the archaeological and UNESCO World Heritage site of Finca 6 near Palmar Sur, Costa Rica.

What Are the Mysterious Stone Spheres of Costa Rica?

Marijane Brinks draws a picture of a flying unicorn while "doodling" on an etch-a-sketch toy while m

Arts & Entertainment

How Etch a Sketch Became One of the Most Popular Toys of All Time

Rollercoaster Dog

Arts & Entertainment

The 10 Oldest Roller Coasters in America You Can Still Ride

USA

Why Are the Badlands Called ‘Bad?’

Passengers disembarking Airplane, Municipal Airport, Washington, D.C., USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, July 1941

U.S. Government and Politics

When Flying Involved Little to No Airport Security

The Winchester Mystery House seen Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 in San Jose, Calif.

Why People Believe California’s Winchester Mystery House Is Haunted

Freddie Mercury Leads His Band Queen At Live Aid Wembley, London, England 1985

Arts & Entertainment

The Real Story Behind Queen’s Iconic Live Aid Performance

One of the earliest full-color images of the Martian surface, capturing its rust-red soil.

Space Exploration

NASA's Stunning First Images From the Surface of Mars

WW2 Superman - American comics magazine cover during World War II showing Superman linking arms with a soldier and sailor.

Arts & Entertainment

How Superman Mobilized the WWII Home Front

Dalai Lama teaching in Bloomington, Indiana

How Is a Dalai Lama Chosen?

LOS ANGELES - Riot April 30

Los Angeles Riots

Women’s History

Clara Barton

Ancient Bust of Hannibal

Hannibal

Hernando de Soto (c.1496/1497-1542). Spanish explorer and conquistador.

Hernando de Soto

26th Amendment ratification

U.S. Constitution

The 26th Amendment