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20 '80s Concept Cars That Represent the Decade Well

20 '80s Concept Cars That Represent the Decade Well

Automakers took big swings at futuristic designs.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Ftw

20 of the '60s and '70s Best First-Class Amenities

20 of the '60s and '70s Best First-Class Amenities

Flying used to be prohibitively expensive for all but the uber wealthy, but boy did they get what they paid for.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

20 Historical Photos From 1978 You Don't Often See

20 Historical Photos From 1978 You Don't Often See

History isn't just governments and wars, it's everyday people living their lives and impacting those around them.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

15 Photos Of What Riding With Pancho Villa Was Like

15 Photos Of What Riding With Pancho Villa Was Like

Witness "The Mexican Robin Hood" in action.

By Neill Lynskey

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28 Vintage Pics of America’s First Chinatown

28 Vintage Pics of America’s First Chinatown

See the first Chinese Americans create their own slice of home.

By Neill Lynskey

Featured 6 months ago

22 Dirt and Dugout Homes of 1940's Homesteaders

22 Dirt and Dugout Homes of 1940's Homesteaders

During the 1930s, families around the country moved west in a desperate attempt to find work and make money.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

20 Historical Photos of US Energy in Action

20 Historical Photos of US Energy in Action

Featuring a lot of big machines looking cool and researchers doing science. What more could you want?

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Ftw

20 Vintage Pics from the Golden Age of Drive-Ins

20 Vintage Pics from the Golden Age of Drive-Ins

Travel back to when America did everything on the go.

By Neill Lynskey

Featured 6 months ago

25 Pics of Man’s Actual Best Friend: Horses Who Braved War

25 Pics of Man’s Actual Best Friend: Horses Who Braved War

Horses have been the essential companion of humanity through the darkest days of history.

By Neill Lynskey

Featured 6 months ago in Ouch

18 Bizarre Vintage Pics from the Past

18 Bizarre Vintage Pics from the Past

If you thought the world we're living in now is weird, just you wait.

By Neill Lynskey

Featured 6 months ago in Funny

15 Predictions From the '70s That Didn’t Come True

15 Predictions From the '70s That Didn’t Come True

The 1970s might feel like last week, but 1975 happened 50 years ago.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Ftw

24 Vintage Photos of Early Amusement Parks

24 Vintage Photos of Early Amusement Parks

Even in the days before stringent safety requirements, people flocked to amusement parks in droves.

By Cameron Fetter

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

14 Bizarre Delicacies From the Past

14 Bizarre Delicacies From the Past

From weird meats to various types of slime, humans have eaten just about everything.

By Cameron Fetter

Featured 6 months ago in Wtf

Dead and Gone: 20 Vintage Motels That Bit the Dust

Dead and Gone: 20 Vintage Motels That Bit the Dust

There was a time when road tripping in America didn't just net you incredible scenery, but memorable stays at quaint little family motels across the country.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

25 Wild Pics of 1800s Expeditions Into South America

25 Wild Pics of 1800s Expeditions Into South America

Try to put yourself in an explorer’s mindset as you blaze a trail through these historic photos.

By Cameron Fetter

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

10 Dumb Scientific Theories People Once Believed

10 Dumb Scientific Theories People Once Believed

People who believed in these ones really should've known better.

By Cameron Fetter

Featured 6 months ago in Facepalm

20 Pics Exemplifying the 'Decade of Decadence'

20 Pics Exemplifying the 'Decade of Decadence'

"Everything was bigger in the 1980s."

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

20 Old-School Photos of Life on the Farm

20 Old-School Photos of Life on the Farm

Go back to the peaceful existence of life on the farm.

By Neill Lynskey

Featured 6 months ago in Funny

Congrats!: What Graduating Looked Like in the 1970s

Congrats!: What Graduating Looked Like in the 1970s

We thought we'd take a look back at what graduation looked like when many of you were coming into the real world.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

20 Photos of Gen X Running the 1980s

20 Photos of Gen X Running the 1980s

Gen X has been in charge for a long time.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

20 Proud Muscle Car Owners Posing in the 1970s

20 Proud Muscle Car Owners Posing in the 1970s

If you wanted a muscle car in the 1960s or 1970s, all you needed was a plan and some hard work.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Ftw

23 Brazilian Beaches in the '70s

23 Brazilian Beaches in the '70s

Brazil is known around the world for its gorgeous coastline, beaches, and people.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

18 Revered Figures Who Did Terrible Things

18 Revered Figures Who Did Terrible Things

All people have flaws, but these people have some serious flaws.

By Cameron Fetter

Featured 6 months ago in Wtf

20 Forgotten Looks of Our Favorite Fast Food Joints

20 Forgotten Looks of Our Favorite Fast Food Joints

The icons of the food industry were totally unrecognizable back in the day.

By Neill Lynskey

Featured 6 months ago

20 Photos of What Driving a Pickup Looked Like in the ’70s

20 Photos of What Driving a Pickup Looked Like in the ’70s

There are few things more American than the pickup truck.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 6 months ago in Wow

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