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A Boston textile heir spent 43 years and nearly his entire family fortune buying up land on a Maine island to give away — the parcels became Acadia, the first national park east of the Mississippi, and he died with almost nothing but the view
14+ hour, 5+ min ago (362+ words) George Bucknam Dorr belonged to exactly the class of American that does not, as a rule, die broke. Published September 13, 2026 · How we edit Where they summered, from his fifteenth year, was Mount Desert Island, on the coast of Maine. The…...
On July 11, 1859, Big Ben rang for the first time before cracking that September. The hour was struck on the largest quarter bell for four years. The fix was to turn Big Ben 90 degrees, fit a lighter hammer and cut a small square out of the metal. The crack is still there.
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (861+ words) A crack in London's most iconic bell has been broadcasting across centuries—and nobody bothered to fix it. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit The bell most of the world thinks of as the sound of…...
In 1994, the last Coast Guard keepers left New Dungeness Lighthouse; 27 years later volunteers were still staffing the station around the clock, maintaining the buildings, giving tours and keeping the logbook.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (402+ words) When the Coast Guard abandoned this remote Washington lighthouse, volunteers stepped in to keep its hundred-and-sixty-seven-year-old light burning and its keeper's log alive. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 3, 2026 · How we edit On March 1, 1994, Seth and Michelle Jackson packed…...