New York’s Fort Blunder, a monument to a 19th century map mistake, is for sale, but so far, no takers

The Vintage News Apr 2, 2018 Terri Likens Photo taken from a fishing access parking lot on the north side of the Rouses Point Bridge (US Route 2) in Vermont. Fort is .68 mile due NW of camera position. Photo :Mfwills – CC BY-SA 3.0 At Lake Champlain in New York State stands an unintended monument … Read more

Hawk’s Nest Tunnel of West Virginia: One of the worst industrial disasters in American history

The Vintage News Apr 2, 2018 Terri Likens It was called “the town of the living dead.” For a time, the community of Gauley Bridge in West Virginia was unfairly saddled with that dark label because of work nearby–work with good pay during the Great Depression when any jobs were scarce. Those paychecks were from nearby … Read more

The devil is in the details: Take a closer look at the controversial sculpture of Lucifer

The Vintage News Jul 24, 2018 Stefan Andrews Photo by:Promeneuse7 – CC BY-SA 3.0 Belgium, the country of waffles, fine chocolate, and hundreds of different types of beer, is also a country of striking landmark sites, most notably cathedrals dated to the Middle Ages. St. Paul’s Cathedral in the city of Liège, distanced some 60 miles … Read more

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