rstotheUnderground Railroad.B When jumping off a diving board, hitting the water belly first is not the outcome most people are looking for, but for those competing in the crazy Norwegian sport of Dudsing, it is a risk.Dodsing, or "Death Diving", is a Norwegian extreme sport that has ...
a representation of an ideal and ultimately, a staggering reminder of our own vulnerability. In remembering this proud structure, we honor the spirit in which it was built, and we memorialize the victims of the attacks.
When was the locomotive invented? James Watt: At the age of seventeen, James Watt decided to become a mathematical instrument maker, and he set out to obtain the appropriate education for this in Glasgow and London. In 1757, he returned to Glasgow and opened his own shop, and in 1765, ...
First of all, it’s not a sin for a manto want tomarry another man, or for a womanto want tomarry another woman. Wanting something that God says “no” to is atemptation, not asin. The Bible says that even Jesus was tempted to want things that God said “no” to in the wilderne...
It makes sense that a lighthouse would be built on an island that's proven treacherous for sea vessels. It's clearly where a guiding light is needed most. But the tallest lighthouse in New England—Boon Island Light—was established on a site of a shipwreck so tragic the only way the ...
It makes sense that a lighthouse would be built on an island that's proven treacherous for sea vessels. It's clearly where a guiding light is needed most. But the tallest lighthouse in New England—Boon Island Light—was established on a site of a shipwreck so tragic the only way the ...
- Year built: 1886 Heralded by theEureka Springs Times as "America's most luxurious hotel"when it opened in 1886, The Crescent catered to wealthy patrons drawn to the city by its natural springs. The project wasfinanced by a collective of savvy railroad baronseager to ferry tourists via trai...
got its name from a 17-mile series of rocky rapids called the Chain of Rocks that made the river difficult to navigate, which is why the Corps of Engineers built a dam to cover them in the 1960s. The bridge cost $2.5 million to erect, which was twice the original estimate at the ...
got its name from a 17-mile series of rocky rapids called the Chain of Rocks that made the river difficult to navigate, which is why the Corps of Engineers built a dam to cover them in the 1960s. The bridge cost $2.5 million to erect, which was twice the original estimate at the ...
during the 1899 blizzard, when Tulia in the Texas Panhandle’s Swisher County recorded its temperature at 23 degrees below zero on Feb. 12. The blizzard was so cold that the NWS noted anecdotes from the time reported a thin layer of ice coating most of Galveston Bay, far to the south....