Lost / Vanished Places
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Allen House (Dyersville, Iowa)
The Allen House, built in 1857 in Dyersville, Iowa, is a historic landmark that showcases a blend of Italianate and Federal architectural styles. Constructed during a significant…
Castle Garden immigration station (function moved 1890)
Castle Garden (Castle Clinton) in Battery Park served as New York City's immigrant landing and processing center from 1855 until federal immigration control moved operations to El…
D.B. Cooper hijacking and disappearance tied to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
On November 24, 1971, a hijacker using the name 'D. B. Cooper' commandeered Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, extorted $200,000 and parachutes, and after a refueling stop at S…
Lee–Throckmorton–McDonald House
The Lee–Throckmorton–McDonald House, also known as 'Rural Hill,' is a historic home located near Inwood, West Virginia. Originally constructed in 1810 as a log home, it underwent…
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 (last known coordinates) - 3/8/2014
reuters.com (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/08/us-malaysiaairlines-flight-idUSBREA2701720140308) VANISHED AFTER REACHING 35,000 FEET Flight MH370, operating a Boeing 777-2…
Original Federal Hall demolished
The original Federal Hall on Wall Street, where George Washington took the oath of office in 1789 and the first U.S. Congress sat, was demolished in 1812 and no longer exists. The…
Temporary pavilions of HemisFair '68
HemisFair '68 included multiple international and corporate pavilions constructed on the HemisFair Park site for the 1968 exposition. Most of those fair-era pavilions were intende…
White House outbuildings and enslaved workers' quarters that no longer exist
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the President's House (today's White House) was staffed by enslaved people who lived and worked in outbuildings and service spaces that h…