Grand Central Terminal’s Fly-On-The-Wall (Or Technically, the Ceiling)
Much is said about Grand Central Terminal. One overlooked detail is hidden in plain sight, the proverbial fly-on-the-wall. Or in this case, a fly on the ceiling
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The Hidden History of Grand Central Terminal’s Celestial Ceiling
Every New Yorker knows of Grand Central Terminal’s celestial mural, but they might not know the stories it hides. In fact, it’s not even the original mural!
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Meet Ezra Meeker: The 76-year-old Who Drove a Covered Wagon Down Broadway in NYC to Save the Oregon Trail
In September 1907, Ezra Meeker, a 76-year-old pioneer, drove his ox-drawn covered wagon down Broadway and over the Brooklyn Bridge to save the Oregon Trail
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The Great West Point Chain Hoax That Conned Mayors and Musuems
In the late 1800s a junk shop owner and secondhand arms dealer conned everyone from a NYC mayor to the Smithsonian by selling links of the West Point Chain.
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St. Louis, Missouri: Capital of the United States?
As the US expanded west, some of its citizens called for removal of the capital out of Washington DC. The most popular city to host the capital? St. Louis, MO.
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The Sinking (and Exploding) of the RMS Fort Victoria in New York Harbor
In 1929 passenger ship “Fort Victoria” sank in New York Bay. To make the channel safe for navigation, an explosives firm used 25-tons of dynamite to blow it up
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