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10 Alternatives to Columbus Day Celebrated Around the United States

A woman at a Los Angeles Indigenous Peoples Day event.

10 Alternatives to Columbus Day Celebrated Around the United States

8 Surprising Facts About the Great Chicago Fire of 1871—150 Years Later

A Currier & Ives lithograph depicts people fleeing across the Randolph Street Bridge during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

8 Surprising Facts About the Great Chicago Fire of 1871—150 Years Later

The Rainiest City in Every Country

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The Rainiest City in Every Country

The World’s 10 Safest Cities

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The World’s 10 Safest Cities

These Are America's 50 Most Rat-Infested Cities

A well-read rat is still a nuisance.

The 10 Best (and 10 Worst) Cities to Get a Good Night’s Sleep

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Boston's Notorious "Skinny" Spite House Can Be Yours for $1.2 Million

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The 25 Best Cities for Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse in 2021

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The 20 Most Idyllic Towns and Villages in the UK

Castle Combe, where time evidently stopped about 400 years ago.

The World’s Best and Worst Cities for Air Pollution

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Hot Wooder: The Philadelphia Accent Is In Danger of Disappearing Because of Millennials

Evan Peters and Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown (2021).

The Reason One Street Can Have Two Different Names

Changing street names can be a problem for drivers.

The 10 Most Crowded Cities in America—and the 10 Least Crowded

Just a normal day in New York City's Times Square in 2013.

Concrete Cowboy: Philadelphia's Storied, 100-Year History of Black Cowboy Culture

Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin star in Concrete Cowboy (2021).

Extreme Mudlarking: How London Fortune Hunters Unearth Thames Treasures

Nicola White discovered this antique gold and sapphire ring while mudlarking on the River Thames.

11 Fun Facts About Mill Ends Park, Portland’s Leprechaun Colony

A photograph of Portland, Oregon's Mill Ends Park—the world's smallest park.