Part two: The 22-year-old New Yorker who became Himalayan royalty. A real riches-to-different-riches story.
Category: Geography
Part one: The lost kingdom of the Himalayas.
This Women’s History Month: Who was Mollie, and why are her nipples all over Utah?
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Halfdan Was Here
How Viking graffiti made it all the way to a church in Istanbul.
Acrophobia in the city of lights.
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Sea Monkeys
How primates accidentally beat Columbus across the Atlantic by 40 million years.
…Hakuna Matata
Historians and archaeologists say the oldest and largest ancient pyramids are in Egypt and Mexico. One Bosnian wizard says they’re wrong.
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Fire Underfoot
Separated by 9,900 miles, two underground blazes still burn after 50 years.
What is a Berliner, anyway?