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    An account of historical fact about an event, place, or time
    Morristown College

    Morristown College: School of Freedom

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    Morristown, Tennessee, is rich in history. It was first settled in 1787, almost a decade before Tennessee became a state. The town played host...
    Prora KdF resort

    Prora: the Colossus of Rügen

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    Owner of the title “longest failed beach resort of the Third Reich” belongs to Prora, a mostly abandoned collection of buildings along the Baltic...
    Irish Hills Towers

    Revenant of the Irish Hills Towers

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    In the early twentieth century the Michigan Observation Company built a tower in the Irish Hills of southeastern Michigan. This annoyed a neighbor, who...
    Seaview Hospital bed

    NYC Farm Colony & Seaview Hospital

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    Founded in 1830, the Staten Island Farm Colony was once a sprawling several-hundred acre campus. Sister facility Seaview Hospital was planned and built between...

    Mid-century Legend: Hotel Okura Tokyo

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    Over the last century architectural design in Tokyo has been in a constant state of metamorphosis. A stroll through the country’s largest city confirms...
    ochamchira-abkhazia-cover

    Ochamchire Abkhazia: Casualty of War

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    On the east coast of the Black Sea, about 125 miles (200km) south of Sochi, sits the shell of a once-vibrant town. Ochamchire (also Ochamchira) was...
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    Uncovering the history of the abandoned, forgotten, and unexplained.