Resurrecting America’s Great Old Diners, By Moving Them Across State Lines
(via Atlas Obscura) Over the past three decades, Steve Harwin, who owns Diversified Diners in Akron, Ohio, has refurbished and
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7 of the Tallest Skyscrapers in the United States
(via Popular Mechanics) When American construction reaches for the sky, it does so mainly in either New York City or
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7 of the Coolest Bridges in the United States
(via Popular Mechanics) There are hundreds upon hundreds of bridges in the wide expanse of the United States, and among
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The Dazzling Designs for a New York That Never Existed
(via Atlas Obscura) Architect Raymond Hood, once described as a “brilliant bad boy,” is celebrated for designing the Rockefeller Center, the
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Why the Lincoln Memorial was almost never built
(via Vox) The Lincoln Memorial makes such a strong statement that its construction seems like a foregone conclusion: Of course
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A Century of Keeping Movies Alive
(via Great Big Story) The Patricia Theater is the only cinema for all 21,000 residents in the Powell River region,
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Inside the ‘Wire Center’ That Connected Manhattan to the World
(via Wired) Back in the days when people used landline telephones strung together with copper wire, most calls into lower Manhattan passed
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Frank Lloyd Wright Designed the Gas Station of the Future
(via Atlas Obscura) In 1927, at the height of his career, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a gas station. Part of
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This Magnificent Library Holds Treasured Irish History
(via Great Big Story) The Library of Trinity College Dublin is the largest in Ireland. In addition to its impressive
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Barcelona Has Been Building This Extravagant Church For 134 Years
(via Good) As anyone who’s tried revamping his or her kitchen knows, remodeling can take a very long time. Between
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20 of the World’s Most Impressive Stadiums
(via Popular Mechanics) We gather in the thousands, the tens of thousands and sometimes even the hundreds of thousands to
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Reporter takes terrifying trip down LA’s Skyslide
(via WJLA) The Skyslide in open to the public. It spans 45 feet from the 70th to the 69th floor
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