How the Erie Canal Was Built With Raw Labor and Amateur Engineering

The 360-mile canal, connecting the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, opened 200 years ago, on October 26, 1825.

How Amateur Engineers and Raw Labor Built the Erie Canal in Just Eight Years
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The Origins of Bedsheet Ghosts

History Shorts: Why Do Ghosts Wear White Sheets?

Ghosts in white sheets have become a classic Halloween icon, but where did this costume actually begin?

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Who Said It?

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock

-Thomas Jefferson

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The Heist that Made the Mona Lisa Famous

In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history.

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American Godfathers: The Five Families

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