Cuban Fruit peddlers stopped along Malecon Sea drive in Havana, to peddle their wares: Mangos, melons, and pineapples. March 30, 1949,

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Back When Americans Could Travel Freely to Cuba, Here’s What It Looked Like

The U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1960

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Pollution Is Turning the Taj Mahal Brown

Workers must periodically cover the Taj Mahal in clay to remove the pollutants stuck to its marble walls

The view out of the Soyuz window.

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If You Looked Out the Window While Returning From Space, Here’s What You’d See

The bright glow of friction in Earth’s atmosphere

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The Library for Magicians Is Taking Appointments

The Conjuring Arts Research Center in New York City houses some of the world’s rarest books on the art of deception

A rufous hummingbird.

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One Hummingbird’s Unusual Flight: From Minnesota to Texas, on a Plane

Rufous hummingbirds have no business being in St. Paul amid freezing temperatures

The proposed canal routes through Nicaragua.

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Nicaragua Is Going Ahead With a Massive Canal That Will Bisect the Country

According to experts, the project will likely wreak havoc on both Nicaraguans and the country’s environment

Marsha Ivins takes a nap on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

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Astronauts Nap on the Launchpad While Waiting for a Ride to Space

There’s not much to do while NASA goes through its pre-launch checks

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This Company Is Crowdfunding a Mission to the Moon

Your reward: a spot in a digital time capsule buried beneath the lunar surface

Smaug now resides at the Wellington airport.

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Smaug the Dragon And Other Unexpected Airport Surprises

There’s more to the world’s airports than newsstands and food courts

Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo, the world's first commercial manned spacecraft at the Mojave airport on December 7, 2009.

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Virgin Galactic’s Aggressive Plan to Get Back in the Air

The company hopes to resume flying with a new ship by summer 2015

A gray wolf, not the animal spotted at the Grand Canyon

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A Lone Gray Wolf May Have Wandered Into the Grand Canyon

Officials haven’t confirmed whether the canine is a full-blooded gray wolf, but wolf advocates are pretty convinced

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Scotland Is No Longer Home to the World’s Best Whiskys

When it comes to whisky, Japan, the US and even England now reign supreme

Billionaire Richard Branson is interviewed after unveiling Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo in Mojave, California December 7, 2009.

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What SpaceShipTwo’s Crash Means for Virgin Galactic And Private Spaceflight

Private spaceflight may see tighter federal regulation

In London, Sherlock Holmes is happy to stop for a quick chat.

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You’ll Soon Be Able to Talk to London And Manchester’s Statues

Just scan a tag near the statues with your cell, and they’ll call you with a quick first-person history lesson

Cat in his basket at Vienna’s first cat cafe

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America’s Finally Getting Its First Permanent Cat Cafe

Cappuccino and a Siamese, please

A corridor leading to the infectious disease ward at Ellis Island's defunct hospital.

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Ellis Island Is Opening an Abandoned Hospital to the Public for the First Time in 60 Years

There are 29 abandoned buildings in all, several of which visitors can explore

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“Vampire Grave” in Bulgaria Holds a Skeleton With a Stake Through Its Heart

The skeleton likely fell victim to vampire hysteria that gripped Eastern Europe until relatively recently

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What Should the Price of Visiting Wilderness Be?

If passed, HR 5204 could introduce widespread fees for entering formerly free public lands

A fresco from Augustus' house in Rome

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Visitors to Emperor Augustus’ Home Can Now See the Same Frescos He Did

Just in time for the 2,000th anniversary of Augustus’ death, new wings of Augustus’ home are opened

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20 Years Later, “Shawshank Redemption” Has Made This Former Prison a Tourist Attraction

The Ohio State Reformatory now draws 80,000 tourists a year

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