# colonial america (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover colonial america. Page: Feed: --- ## [Jingling Pot in England](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jingling-pot) _2026-08-21 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Jingling Pot is one of the most popular vertical cave systems in the West Kingsdale area of Yorkshire. The cave, or as is known locally, pothole (pit cave in American English), is on the flanks of one of Yorkshires finest mountains, Wherneside. It is about 145 feet deep and explorers have the option of a direct abseil (rappel) descent down the main shaft or, a traverse, a few feet from the top… ## [North American Cryptid Museum in Plano, Texas](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/north-american-cryptid-museum) _2026-08-21 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Allen Hopps, owner and creator of the North American Cryptid Museum (NACM) in Plano, Texas, has a message he wants everyone to hear: Our world needs monsters! He is on a quest to bring you face-to-face with our homegrown North American monsters. As a kid who was afraid of the dark, he’s come a long way. His first love was the werewolf. The Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot were not far behind. After… ## [Bunski Kanal in Malo Polje, Bosnia and Herzegovina](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bunski-kanal) _2026-08-21 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Tucked away just a few minutes from Mostar, Bunski Kanal is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most overlooked natural treasures. Here, the emerald-green Buna River squeezes through a narrow limestone channel before merging with the larger Neretva River, creating a striking display of swirling currents, vivid colors, and raw natural power. Despite its proximity to popular attractions like Mostar and… ## [Gin Drinkers Line in Hong Kong](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gin-drinkers-line) _2026-08-21 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Stretching 18km between modern day Kwai Chung (then known as Gin Drinkers Bay) to Port Shelter in Sai Kung, the Gin Drinkers Line was a massive defensive structure built by the British army, dubbed as 'the Maginot line of the East'. Construction on the line began in 1936, and took 2 years to complete. The lynch-pin of the entire line was the Shing Mun Redoubt, comprised of a number of pillboxes… ## [‘The Missing’ Cabin in Jemez Springs, New Mexico](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-missing-cabin) _2026-08-20 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Located just off the main entrance road of New Mexico’s Valles Caldera–a 14-mile-wide circular depression created by a massive volcanic eruption 1.2 million years ago–it is hard to believe that this cabin could have gone missing. Instead, this cabin was built as part of the set of “The Missing,” a 2003 Western starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. Since the National Park Service began… ## [Volvo Island in Ottawa, Illinois](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/volvo-island) _2026-08-20 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ In 2012, the owner of a local Ottawa, Illinois, repair shop towed a 2001 Volvo S80 onto a peninsula and then used an excavator to create a small, one-car island. He intended to run a contest asking people to guess how the Volvo got there. The contest never materialized, as there was some concern that people might try to cross the 40-foot-deep lake for a better look. However, the Volvo remained.… ## [Isis Heiligtum (Isis and Magna Mater Temple) in Mainz, Germany](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/isis-heiligtum-isis-and-magna-mater-temple) _2026-08-20 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ What do you do when you've built a shopping mall but you find an ancient Roman temple underneath part of it? If you are in Mainz, Germany, you build the mall up around it, but leave it in place to be a hidden museum to the past. This is the "Isis-Heiligtum" (Isis Temple) in Mainz, Germany, preserved in place beneath the Römerpassage shopping mall within an easy 10-minute walk from Mainz… ## [Red Sea Terminal in Marsa Alam, Egypt](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hurghada-airport-s-red-sea-terminal) _2026-08-20 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Most airport terminals are designed simply to move travelers from one place to another. Terminal 1 at Hurghada International Airport attempts something more ambitious: turning the landscape outside into part of the building. Opened in late 2014, the terminal covers approximately 92,600 square meters across three main levels. Its most distinctive feature is the enormous elevated ceiling, whose… ## [Fyllingsdalstunnelen in Fyllingsdalen, Norway](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fyllingsdalstunnelen) _2026-08-20 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Opened in 2023, this tunnel is 2.9 km long (about 1.8 miles). Very useful for pedestrians, bicyclists, various exercising in a city where it rains almost all year. Now also easily binding together two parts of the city that previously was parted by a mountain and took a long time to travel around. Nice resting area in the middle as the tunnel there has a hall. Very colourful light throughout the… ## [Branch Davidian Compound in Axtell, Texas](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/branch-davidian-compound) _2026-08-19 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Near Axtell, Texas, 20 miles north-east of Waco was a large group of buildings known as the Mount Carmel Center once used by the Branch Davidian religious group. Named after the Biblical mountain Mount Carmel in Israel, the Davidians (later Branch Davidians) lived in relatively peaceful isolation from the Waco community. As a city with deep religious roots itself, Waco generally accepted the… ## [A Friend Gave You $30 (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fgFueKErheRz) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Sign up, deposit $5 within 30 days, and start investing with expert guidance. ## [Doña Manolita in Madrid, Spain](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dona-manolita) _2026-08-19 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Few phenomena can reliably unite the notoriously fragmented population of Spain, but the obsession with El Gordo —the nation’s historic Christmas lottery—is unquestionably one of them. At the heart of this annual ritual of collective hope stands a single legendary shop in the capital, whose origins trace back to a remarkably ambitious young woman. In 1904, a 25-year-old woman named Manuela de… ## [Stillman’s Run Battle Site Memorial in Stillman Valley, Illinois](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/stillmans-run-battle-site-memorial) _2026-08-19 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ In 1832, counties in central Illinois were calling for volunteers to protect the frontier from Black Hawk and his Sauk warriors. On the morning of May 14, 1832, tensions came to a head. Black Hawk’s warriors discovered Major Isaiah Stillman and nearly 300 militia men had set up camp uncomfortably close by, near Sycamore Creek in what is now Ogle County. Black Hawk, not yet ready for combat, sent… ## [East Finchley Tube Station & the Archer in London, England](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/east-finchley-tube-station-the-archer) _2026-08-19 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ East Finchley is in an area now in North London which was once adjacent to both the hunting ground of the Bishop of London and Finchley Common, over which locals held commoners rights including hunting. The Archer, then, is an enduring symbol of the settlement which the statue might relate to although it has been suggested that it was a purely decorative object and all other Archer links followed… ## [Kloster Eberbach in Eltville am Rhein, Germany](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/eberbach-abbey-kloster-eberbach) _2026-08-18 · Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places_ Perched on a sun-drenched slope in Eltville am Rhein, Kloster Eberbach stands as a masterpiece of Cistercian architecture, founded in 1136 by twelve monks seeking isolation and spiritual rigor. The abbey is famous for its vast, column-free Romanesque grain barn and its historic wine cellars, which have been producing Rheingau Rieslings for nearly nine centuries, making it a pivotal site in the… ## [Retro Report Wins an Edward R. Murrow Award](https://retroreport.org/about-awards/awards-accolades/retro-report-wins-and-edward-r-murrow-award/) _2026-08-13 · Sianne Garlick · Retro Report_ “What Japan’s Atom Bomb Survivors Have Taught Us,” has won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Video (Small Digital Organization). The video examines the profound impact of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through the eyes of people who lived through it. The post Retro Report Wins an Edward R. Murrow Award appeared first on Retro Report . ## [Why the First Amendment Protects Burning the U.S. Flag](https://retroreport.org/subjects/civics-and-government/why-the-first-amendment-protects-burning-the-u-s-flag/) _2026-08-13 · Jill Rosenbaum and Anne Checler · Retro Report_ The post Why the First Amendment Protects Burning the U.S. Flag appeared first on Retro Report . ## [IN PURSUIT: LESSONS OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP Premieres Tuesday, October 27, 2026 on PBS](https://retroreport.org/articles/in-pursuit-lessons-of-american-leadership-premieres-tuesday-october-27-2026-on-pbs/) _2026-08-04 · Retro Report · Retro Report_ New Documentary Special and Digital Series Brings the Leadership Lessons of American Presidents and First Ladies to Life, Featuring Insights from Chief Justice John Roberts, Ken Burns, Sharon McMahon, Lonnie Bunch, Judy Woodruff, General Stanley McChrystal, and More ARLINGTON, VA; August 3, 2026 – PBS announced that IN PURSUIT: LESSONS OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP, a new documentary \[…\] The post IN… ## [Engaging With Revolutionary History: Teacher Fellows Attend Workshop in Austin](https://retroreport.org/articles/engaging-with-revolutionary-history-teacher-fellows-attend-workshop-in-austin/) _2026-07-27 · David Olson · Retro Report_ Last week, Retro Report hosted nearly 50 educators from across the nation through the Engaging With Revolutionary History fellowship program at the L.B.J. Presidential Library in Austin. Middle and high school educators gathered to learn from scholars, museum educators and the Retro Report education team as part of our American History and Civics – National Activities grant \[…\] The post Engaging… ## [Retro Report’s Council of Educators Convenes in New York City for the Fifth Annual CoE Summit](https://retroreport.org/articles/retro-reports-council-of-educators-convenes-in-new-york-city-for-the-fifth-annual-coe-summit/) _2026-07-20 · By Cate Boillat · Retro Report_ Retro Report recently held its fifth annual Council of Educators Summit. Twenty-four teacher advisors from around the country gathered in New York on Monday afternoon, with some traveling from as far as Eastvale, California, and others from as close as Princeton, New Jersey. Early the next morning, members of Retro Report’s education team, David Olson, \[…\] The post Retro Report’s Council of… ## [Fall Audience Engagement Internship](https://retroreport.org/about-awards/job/fall-audience-engagement-internship/) _2026-07-09 · Sianne Garlick · Retro Report_ RETRO REPORT (full-time fall audience engagement internship) (in-person preferred; will consider remote candidates as well) Retro Report is seeking a fall audience engagement intern who will use and expand the skills they’ve learned in their audience engagement and marketing classes to grow new and existing audiences for the organization. This is an internship for academic \[…\] The post Fall… ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/askwElClghBY) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [Baby Brokers](https://retroreport.org/video/baby-brokers/) _2026-06-24 · Sarah Weiser, Anne Checler, Gabrielle Glaser, and Bonnie Bertram · Retro Report_ The post Baby Brokers appeared first on Retro Report . ## [‘Incredibly Transactional’: How Agencies & Brokers Lure Pregnant Women Across State Lines for ‘Adoption Tourism’](https://retroreport.org/articles/incredibly-transactional-how-agencies-brokers-lure-pregnant-women-across-state-lines-for-adoption-tourism/) _2026-06-23 · Patrice Taddonio · Retro Report_ If you’re pregnant in the U.S. and search for help online, what paid ads are you likely to see? According to one nonprofit’s analysis, you might be served an “overwhelming amount” of ads from adoption agencies in Utah. The state’s history of lax adoption regulations has made it an epicenter of a practice that’s been \[…\] The post ‘Incredibly Transactional’: How Agencies & Brokers Lure Pregnant… ## [Retro Report’s Most Popular Interactive Tools of 2026 So Far](https://retroreport.org/articles/best-of-spring-most-popular-interactive-tools-of-2026-so-far/) _2026-06-02 · Isadora Varejão and Caroline Watkins · Retro Report_ Every year, interactive materials are among the most popular resources on the Retro Report website. This spring was no exception. Here are the interactive tools most frequently used in classrooms across the country so far in 2026, spanning U.S. History, Geography, Environmental Science and Government. Interactive Cold War Timeline This interactive timeline traces the tumultuous \[…\] The post Retro… ## [When Is History Happening? From the Boston Tea Party to the Battlefield](https://retroreport.org/video/when-is-history-happening-from-the-boston-tea-party-to-the-battlefield/) _2026-05-29 · Retro Report and Matthew Spolar · Retro Report_ The post When Is History Happening? From the Boston Tea Party to the Battlefield appeared first on Retro Report . ## [A Treacherous Love Triangle](https://www.samsonhistorical.ca/blogs/reliving-history/a-treacherous-love-triangle) _2025-01-21 · Abbie Samson · Samson Historical - Reliving History_ “How can we draw the line and say at what precise point (treachery begins)… when the treachery is in progress of execution, or.. when the mind is still wavering upon it? In short, how loose and slippery becomes the ground ... if ... we stray forth in quest of secret motives and designs.” - Lord Mahon, History of England, 1854 Perhaps the most infamous story to arise out of the American Revolution… ## [The Legend of the Headless Hessian](https://www.samsonhistorical.ca/blogs/reliving-history/the-legend-of-the-headless-hessian) _2024-10-15 · Abbie Samson · Samson Historical - Reliving History_ by Jeff Williamson Washington Irving (1783-1859) first visited Tarrytown in 1798 to escape an outbreak of yellow fever around his home in New York City. The area was rife with folk tales, inhabited as it was already for two centuries by Dutch colonists, and for generations before that by Native Americans who had their own stories of the supernatural. Even during the Revolutionary War, tales of… ## [The Curious Case of the Rittenhouse Orrery: Power, Progress, and Providence in the Age of Enlightenment](https://www.samsonhistorical.ca/blogs/reliving-history/the-curious-case-of-the-rittenhouse-orrery-power-progress-and-providence-in-the-age-of-enlightenment) _2024-09-06 · Abbie Samson · Samson Historical - Reliving History_ by: Thomas Apel In 1948, in the basement of McCosh Hall at Princeton University, carpenters discovered a dusty old shipping crate containing a curious and largely forgotten machine. Unsure of what it was, much less how it worked, the university took the tangled mass of gears, shafts, and springs to astronomy professor Newton Pierce. Recognizing the object, Pierce declared that it was the…