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At the height of the '30s, there were more than 5000 lookout towers scattered throughout the country.

The view from Seattle's Space Needle could have been very different if a group of Fife businessmen had been successful in their bid to buy it.

The video is a historical look at the 1943 Hanford and 1948 North Richland trailer camps, which housed the workers of the secret WWII Manhattan Project.

I saw something today that blew my mind. Aquatic rhinos used to live in the Umatilla County area when the region was a swamp.

I tried doing a jump once on my dirt bike way back in the day. It didn't work out like I wanted it to. I did do a flip and sure wish I would have got it on video. I didn't mean to do it but it happened. HA Josh Sheehan meant to do it.

On Monday Texas news outlets reported underwater explorers had located a Nazi submarine sunk off the coast of Texas. What was a Nazi submarine doing off the coast of Texas? Exactly what you fear.

This month I learned about an event from history that happened in 1976 that is "unbelievable." I say that because it's the stuff of movies. In fact, movies have been made about it, but they're old. I heard about it because I was wondering if there were any special forces …

History books are full of stories about people that changed the world. We all know Neil Armstrong, John F. Kennedy, and Alexander the Great. Some people never make their way into history books, but are responsible for changing the world, and sometimes even saving it.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1936: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers (more info)
1948: In the greatest upset in presidential election history, Democratic inc…

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1792 – President George Washington casts the first presidential veto (More info)
1922 – The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, returns to Spain, thus becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe (More info)
1901 – Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wou…

The Stones' released their first song, Sony sells the first Betamax, and a one-second moment of History. Check out a list of random, notable events that took place on this date.