It’s not every year that you get to see one of the largest operating steam locomotives in the world roll through your town — but this spring, Union Pacific’s Bi ...

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WTOP’s Nick Iannelli explores the beginnings of modern energy in America and the 19th century, when wood, water and muscle powered the nation.

The Industrial Revolution was powered by steam, with boilers being a crucial part of each steam engine, yet also one of the ...

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Mike Wolfe and “Jersey Jon” Szalay continued on their American Pickers adventures during Sunday’s (February 22) episode of ...

If you enjoy titles that explore moral ambiguity, I recommend these eight action-adventure games where you're actually the villain.

EADaily, February 20th, 2026. Vladimir Zelensky's insults to Russia testify to the disintegration of personality. This was stated on the air of the Rossiya-1 TV channel by the official representative ...

Heron of Alexandria is said to have invented the first vending machine in the 1st century AD. So, how did this contraption work, and what did it dispense?

After the completion of the 1860 census and the election of President Abraham Lincoln, America imploded. Eleven southern ...

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Although infrastructure like a 19th-century pumping station generally tends to be quietly decommissioned and demolished, sometimes you get enough people looking at such an object and wondering ...