Visiting Ford’s Theatre: The President’s Box
Ford's Theatre still stages plays in the room where Lincoln was shot. A visit inside the working stage, the presidential box, and the house where he died.
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Visiting Alcatraz: The Escape Nobody Solved
Alcatraz, United States: the federal prison built on the bet that San Francisco Bay was escape-proof, and the 1962 escape that nobody has ever fully solved.
Visiting Chichén Itzá: The Sacred Cenote
Visiting Chichén Itzá: what a 2024 DNA study revealed about the Sacred Cenote sacrifices, plus the pyramid's equinox phenomenon and visitor tips.
Visiting the Crescent Hotel: Norman Baker’s Cancer Hospital
The Crescent Hotel was built on healing springs, ran as a fraudulent cancer hospital under Norman Baker, and is now America's Most Haunted Hotel.
Visiting Janitzio Island: Mexico’s Day of the Dead Vigil
Why Janitzio Island's famous Day of the Dead vigil sits beside a statue that has nothing to do with the dead, and what that says about tradition.