How the Erie Canal Was Built With Raw Labor and Amateur Engineering
The 360-mile canal, connecting the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, opened 200 years ago, on October 26, 1825.
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The Origins of Bedsheet Ghosts
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Ghosts in white sheets have become a classic Halloween icon, but where did this costume actually begin?
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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock
-Thomas Jefferson
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The Heist that Made the Mona Lisa Famous
In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history.
6 of the Biggest International Jewel Thefts
In most cases, millions of dollars worth of diamonds, gems and watches remain largely unrecovered.
History’s Biggest Art Heist
Thieves stole 13 masterpieces worth $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. The case remains unsolved.
Doris Payne Swiped Millions in Jewels Over a 70-Year Span
Payne, deciding she was ‘never going to be under the thumb of a man,’ took to a life of crime and mastered the jewel heist.
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