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The 27 Weirdest Town Names Ever Put on the Map
Bob Vila via Yahoo News· 10 months agofirehouse in rough and ready california Across the United States there are towns that are remarkable for their storied namesakes. From accidents to...
The Great Flood of 1993 is one of the worst in U.S. history, wiped out an island
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
Baptist missionary described early 1800 Sangamon County as one of the 'most flourishing'
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn the early 1800s, John Mason Peck traveled widely in Missouri and Illinois as a Baptist...
The Oldest Building in Each State
Cheapism via AOL· 2 years agoJeffGoulden/iStockphoto The United States is a relatively young country, but it still has plenty of history to explore. And one of the best ways to trace...
Shocking (and Rather Upsetting) Concert Moments from the '70s
MediaFeed via AOL· 3 weeks agoJim Pietryga / Wikimedia Commons Rock on! In the early days of rock and roll, it didn’t take much to...
Lewis LeMaster column: Did Johnny Appleseed plant trees in Muskingum County?
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoJonathan Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on Sept. 26, 1774. By 1797, the year Zanesville was founded, he was planting what we believe to be ...
Shoot for the high score at this Madison County arcade with over 100 pinball machines
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMy job takes me to some pretty great places. Sure, most of them are restaurants – I mean, I know how...
Like every other team, Rex would like larger crowds, less heat and rain
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 7—The second half of the Prospect League wooden-bat baseball season began Tuesday, with the Chillicothe Paints, Danville Dans, Quincy Gems and Alton River Dragons having captured first-half ...
59th Anniversary of the Palm Sunday Tornadoes
WOOD via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Today (Thu.) marks 59 years since the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak that killed 271 people in the Midwest. Storms on April...
This Southern City is the #1 Worst for Crime in America
MediaFeed via AOL· 1 month agoIn cities with at least 100,000 residents, property crime rates are 36% greater than average. At the...
