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Photos of Ellis Island Being America's Biggest Border

12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island over just a few decades, and those desperate families helped change not just New York, but the United States for good.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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32 Illuminating Photos of Super-Sized Versions of Lightbulbs

Here are the mothers of all the little lightbulbs we know and love.

By Neill Lynskey

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Educational Depictions of Life in Ancient Rome

Rome was one of the first places to practice a form of democracy, channel water through aqueducts, and publish newspapers.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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38 Historical Photos of Zeppelins Being Constructed

Take a look back at the workers who built metal giants that inexplicably fly.

By Neill Lynskey

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What Working on a Car Once Looked Like in the 1970s

Let's Ride

By Carly Tennes

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18 Photos Where You Start Pining for the Past

Warm and fuzzy feelings loading ...

By Carly Tennes

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Pics of the 1970s' Soviet Union Looking Pretty Good

Cheers!

By Carly Tennes

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Photos from When Two Trains Crashed Head-On for Fun

The Crash at Crush.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Photos Remembering What Being Alive Felt Like in 1956

1956, like you've never seen it before.

By Carly Tennes

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Photos Where You Fondly Reminisce On 1970

Ones for the [photo] books.

By Carly Tennes

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Dirty Retro Hippies Who Look Like They Need a Bath

Peace. Love. A Healthy dose of dirt.

By Carly Tennes

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25 Photos Showing the Roaring '20s' Midpoint: 1925

If you look smack dab the middle of the roaring 1920s, you'll find the year 1925.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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20 Standups, and Some of Their Best Jokes

20 legendary quips from Comedy's best and brightest

By Carly Tennes

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10 of the Most Dangerous Mormon Missions Ever Attempted

The Mormon Church of Latter Day Saints has the habit of sending missionaries all around the world, often to countries that don't want them there.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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What it Looked Like to Be Alive a Decade Before 1900

The world's second industrial revolution was under way, and society was changing from a leisurely horse-drawn affair, to a hectic and machinated rocket ship.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 9 months ago in Wow