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For generations, the soda fountain was a beloved gathering spot, found in drugstores, five-and-dimes, and ice cream parlors, where a "soda jerk" mixed up frosty treats behind a gleaming…
Every so often, a survey asks Americans to name the cities with the rudest residents, and the results spark plenty of friendly debate. One widely cited study had thousands of…
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The 1990s were a golden age of childhood, a last hurrah before smartphones and the always-on internet changed everything. It was a decade of neon colors, catchy theme songs,…
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About nine miles off the coast of Nagasaki, in southern Japan, lies a small, fortress-like island ringed by a high seawall and crowded with the crumbling concrete shells of…
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Tucked into the coal country of eastern Pennsylvania, the borough of Centralia looks at first like an ordinary American ghost town: cracked and empty streets, scattered foundations where houses…
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Tucked at the head of a fjord and ringed by steep mountains, the tiny town of Whittier, Alaska, looks at first like any remote outpost in a spectacular setting.…