Author: Ms. R.

In 1923 and 1924, Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini both toured the United States. They both sold out theaters, often in the same city within days of one another, and neither of them was offering crowds what they were most famous for. The author was not there to tell tales of Sherlock Holmes, and the magician did not execute his most daring illusions or escapes. Instead, spectators filled the seats to hear lectures—lectures about communing with the dead…….

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General stores for many people invoke a sense of nostalgia and thoughts of simpler times. Indeed there is an appeal to a location that has served the community for many generations and still maintains a picturesque charm. Massachusetts is home to several such stores, but the Wayside Country Store in Marlborough is particularly unique. Originally constructed in 1790, the building functioned not only as a general store but also as a post office and school as well. Originally located……

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The Raft is a restaurant built on stilts over Namibia’s Walis Bay Lagoon. Walk across the pier or hitch a boat ride to arrive at the restaurant’s wooden steps. Once there, surrounded by the coast’s brush greenery, you can enjoy an unique dining experience as the sun sets in shades of magenta. Guests frequently sight herds of elephant, buffalo, and wandering flamingos grazing or swimming. The Raft’s menu includes an assortment of Namibian barbecue favorites including kapana, prime cuts……

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Single-term presidents don’t always have the best reputation. Buchanan, Tyler, Fillmore, Hoover, Carter, Trump—these guys are usually not ranked too highly by historians. Which makes it all the more surprising that one of the highest-rated Presidents in U.S. history is the one-term wonder James Knox Polk. Polk delivered on all his campaign promises and then some. The annexation of Texas? Check. Victory in the Mexican-American War? Check! Besides Thomas Jefferson, no president saw more territory added to the country…….

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Constructed in the 13th-century when this region was under the control of the seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia, Juan Alonso “El Bueno” Perez de Guzmán. This 49 foot (15 meters) high stone tower had many functions through the years. First, it was used as a defensive structure part of a walled enclosure, when as many as 100 men lived here. Later, it was utilized to spot migrating schools of tuna, and the base was used for the drying and……

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On October 30, 1858, William Hardaker set up his sweets stall at Green Market in Bradford, England. That afternoon, factory workers lined up to spend their payday wages on his zebra-striped humbugs, a type of hard candy often flavored with peppermint. Hardaker enticed customers with knock-down prices: a discount, to make up for the slight discoloration in the day’s batch. By the time the market shut, Hardaker had sold five pounds of sweets. And by the next morning, two……

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