Brockway (BBB) Halls have welcomed thousands of Syracuse University students over the years. But it’s the...cemeteries and historic properties throughout Syracuse. He admits that, like most campuses, Syracuse has its share of urban legends. Consider the following:
Soaring high above DePauw’s campus, East College serves as the most iconic symbol of the university. However, not many people get to see what’s behind the many locked doors of this Victorian icon. I was joined by Warren Whitesell, associate…
The Advocate A look at the backside of the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse from between the regiment of live oaks surrounding it in the center of Clinton's town square.
Grinnell is the first example when it comes to tunnels under the campus. While they’re not a huge secret, they are pretty locked down and kept away from students. According to the college’s website, the tunnels run beneath its North…
For centuries, Native Americans lived on the land that would become Indiana. The state, its capital and even a baseball team were named after them, although indirectly, after the long defunct Indiana Land Company. Other names remain throughout the state.
PJ Media Leif Erickson, Columbus, Pulaski, San Francisco, and America’s Roots From Around the Globe From Vikings to Italian visionaries to Polish freedom lovers to Spanish missionaries, individuals from many eras, nations, and backgrounds contributed to the history of the…
A 1,000-year-old Indigenous dugout canoe has been discovered in Pewaukee Lake, marking the first such find in Waukesha County since researchers pulled 16 ancient canoes from Lake Mendota in Madison. The discovery extends a wave of underwater archaeological finds well beyond…
A 1,000-year-old dugout canoe was found in May in Pewaukee Lake and adds to the 16 others found in the last five years in Lake Mendota. Mark Schachtner has been diving for about 10 years and typically finds vintage, glass beer bottles,…
A dig beside the famous Greek temples of Agrigento, in Sicily, has uncovered a previously unknown neighborhood of the ancient city of Akragas, with walls that collapsed when Carthage besieged it in 406 BC. The same excavation has turned up more…
Oct. 22—MITCHELL — When it came time to display relics from alumni of a Catholic academy in Mitchell that no longer exists, a local donor helped with the purchase of technology to preserve the past. "How do you choose what to…
The town's story and the places that keep it.