40+ min ago   (363+ words) Hartford Historical Society and History Room volunteers come together with city representatives to cut the ribbon on Hartford's new historical museum on Thursday. Interested community members observe the local historical artifacts on display at Museum 53027 in Hartford on Thursday. Currently…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (205+ words) UzDaily.uz Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan’s Cultural Heritage Agency has commented on reports circulating on social media about the condition of the Chodra Khovli complex in Khorezm region’s Khiva district, saying the site is under state…...

8+ min ago   (406+ words) TEHRAN — Monitoring of centuries-old monuments in the UNESCO-listed Historic City of Yazd has begun as part of an ongoing effort to strengthen conservation and management of the Iranian oasis city, a local official has said. Majid Aloumi, the head of…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (313+ words) In Alabama’s Baldwin County, there is a cluster of residences that receive their mail on the USPS’s only “dock-to-dock delivery route”. There are over 40,000 ZIP codes in the United States - but few are quite as unusual as 36555. That’s the U....

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (503+ words) These haunting images reveal the crumbling remains of a clandestine abandoned World War I munitions facility, utilized to support the British naval campaign in Europe. Located on a dramatic bend of the River Forth, near Stirling, Scotland, sits part of…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago   (353+ words) BHOPAL - Indonesia and India will share the task of restoring 100 Candi Perwara in the Prambanan Temple Complex. Each country handles 50 temples with a target of completing the work before 2029. The plan was discussed by Minister of Culture Fadli Zon together…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (470+ words) 'On Thursday afternoon during market hours, great commotion was occasioned by a report that Mr Charles Hall of Stanbridge Erles (sic), near Romsey had met an untimely death from his own hand. 'Mr Hall was 86 years of age, and much…...

10+ min ago   (478+ words) At exactly 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, a single bomb from a single B-29 bomber wiped out Hiroshima in a blinding flash, killing tens of thousands instantly and forever changing the world. For the first time, an atomic weapon had been used against human…...

5+ day, 4+ min ago   (889+ words) Aug. 6, 2011 — The Aug. 6 edition of the Roscommon County Voice featured the history of the Cherven family, whose Roscommon County roots dated to 1909. The story followed a July family reunion that brought descendants together. Aug. 3, 1940 — Melvin Thomas McCutcheon and Betty Richardson…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1229+ words) Imagine discovering that a pond your ancestors believed was bottomless was never really a normal pond at all. Beneath its dark water was a gigantic man-made chamber carved deep into solid rock. That is the mystery of the Longyou Caves,…...