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Historic NYC Chelsea Hotel Feb. 3, 2012. This landmark hotel, known for its history of notable residents is located on 23rd Street was opened in 1884 in New York City, NY USA.

11 or 12 Things Remembered Well About the Chelsea Hotel

High angle view of a woman crossing a road. City streets, asphalt, bike lanes, car traffic, pedestrians

Why Are Roads Made of Asphalt?

Sydney Opera House, Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

Why New York Is Called "The Big Apple" and How 8 Other Famous Cities Got Their Nicknames

The Fortune-Teller, oil on canvas by Georges de La Tour, probably the 1630s; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. (101.9 x 123.5 cm.) (The Fortune Teller)

10 Paintings You Should See at the Met in New York City

New York city skyline aerial with the Empire State Building, New York City, New York.

13 Iconic Buildings to Visit in New York City

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor infographic. World War II. Hawaii. United States. Japan. SPOTLIGHT VERSION

Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

bird. mourning dove. pigeon and dove. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) family Columbidae.

Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

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