San Juan, Puerto Rico once had snow delivered by plane for those who had never experienced it

Series of 45 patriotic quotes, one from each U.S. President.

On the crest of a hill in Glen Cove, New York sits Killenworth, one of the country’s finest mansions

“No one should fear death. I know, because I have come face to face with death several times”

Alexander Graham Bell in Wicker Wheel Chair, 1922 This 1922 photograph shows Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, scientist, and patent holder of the first practical telephone, sitting in Florida during the final year of his life. He...

In 1909 a perfect fake half dollar turned up in Pensacola, Florida. Its only flaw was its sound. Here is how people caught bad coins by ear.

In 1856 John A. Thompson began skiing the mail 90 miles over the Sierra from Placerville, California, with no blanket and no overcoat.

In August 1913 Fargo, North Dakota, saw its first auto polo game: two stripped-down Ford cars, a mallet man on each, and a basketball painted white.

In 1904 William B. Hargrave of Colfax, Washington, patented a head harness of sticky cloth and straps to stretch wrinkles away while you slept.

In 1864 Joshua Hobart bet against Lincoln and lost. He paid by wheeling 750 oysters 40 miles from Providence to Boston, then kept betting for 20 years.

In October 1915 Art Smith flew over the Virginia State Fair in Richmond at night with fireworks wired to his plane, trailing fire like a comet.

In November 1908 Roy Knabenshue flew the first airship over Arizona. Doubting Phoenix crowds poured into the streets shouting There’s the airship!

In October 1927 a Boston, Massachusetts, schooner landed a haddock with three eyes. Crowds came to the Fish Pier to see it, and papers ran it coast to coast.

In November 1867 the Wyandot Pioneer’s apprentice in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, heard a rattling on the office stairs. It was rats dragging a hoop skirt.

In the early 1870s a store in Rome, Georgia, said nobody read ads. Young editor Henry Grady ran one tiny want ad for cats. Here is what showed up.

Walla Walla, Washington, opened its 1909 fair with 100 cars. One was dressed as the North Pole, with Cook and Peary arguing. Plus a balloon man and a dog show.

In May 1899 a Topeka, Kansas, reporter watched the Ringling circus unload three trains and raise its tents by 10:30, elephant brass band included.

In July 1912, Pendleton, Oregon, Elks brought 280 horses to Portland, won a parade prize, then rode into hotels and up an elevator.

When Indianapolis neighbor Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 election, the city partied in the rain and dyed its hats red from a druggist’s bucket.

A detailed map of Pine Grove, Mississippi, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.

A detailed map of Zurich, Ontario, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.

A detailed map of Zhiibaahaasing, Ontario, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.

A detailed map of Zephyr, Ontario, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.

A detailed map of Woodville, Ontario, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.

A detailed map of Wunnumin, Ontario, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.

A detailed map of Winterbourne, Ontario, showing every building in its true location, the roads by name, and shaded topographical relief.