1. Writing Checks for Everything Once upon a time, adults carried around checkbooks like they were prized possessions. Whether it was paying the electric bill, buying groceries, or writing a birthday gift, checks were the go-to method. Kids today might […]
1. Lord Timothy Dexter Lord Timothy Dexter was a self-proclaimed “Lord” from Massachusetts in the 18th century who made a fortune selling goods people didn’t even want—like sending warming pans to the Caribbean. Turns out, locals used them as molasses
1. Original Penn Station, New York City It’s hard to believe that one of the most beautiful train stations in America once stood right in the middle of Manhattan—and then was torn down. The original Penn Station, opened in 1910,
1. Six Flags New Orleans, Louisiana You’d never guess this was once filled with the sounds of laughter and roller coasters. Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, flooding the entire park with up to seven feet of water and leaving it
1. Chi-Chi’s Chi-Chi’s was the place to be if you wanted to feel like you were having a fiesta in the suburbs. With sizzling plates of chimichangas and endless chips and salsa, it made Mexican-American food feel like a celebration.
1. The Chair of Death Tucked away in a museum in Thirsk, England, this unassuming wooden chair has a terrifying backstory. Known as the “Busby Stoop Chair,” it’s said that anyone who sits in it meets an untimely death. Legend
1. Bread It’s kind of amazing to think that the bread we eat today has roots stretching back over 14,000 years. Archaeologists discovered remnants of flatbread in what’s now Jordan, and these were baked before people even started farming. That
