Ellis Island Hospital Ellis Island Hospital

Ellis Island’s Forgotten Front Line: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of the South Side Hospitals

Ellis Island is known to millions as the gateway to America—where over 12 million immigrants passed between 1892…
Whalers Bay Whalers Bay

Whalers Bay, Deception Island: Ash, Iron and Memory at the Edge of the World

Whalers Bay lies just inside the narrow, treacherous entrance to Deception Island, a flooded volcanic caldera in the…
Battery Todt Battery Todt

Battery Todt: The Concrete Giant of the Atlantic Wall

On the windswept cliffs of the Cap Gris-Nez headland in northern France stands an immense reminder of the…
Highland Park Assembly Highland Park Assembly

Highland Park Assembly: Birthplace of the Model T and Mass Production Revolution

The Vision and Early Beginnings In September 1907, Henry Ford purchased roughly 130 acres in Highland Park, Michigan…
Pyramiden Pyramiden

The Ghost Town of Pyramiden, Norway: A Frozen Time Capsule

Nestled high in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, the abandoned Soviet mining settlement of Pyramiden stands frozen…