Wikimedia Commons/Niceley Calico Ghost Town in California In 1881, four prospectors struck silver in the Mojave Desert hills ...

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Rail travel once linked Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, until war and air traffic shut it down. Now, major reconstruction plans aim to revive it over the next 15 years ...

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Ever since the show premiered, many fans have been wondering when The Gilded Age is set. Well, the show is set in the early 1880s, with the first season taking place in 1882. This is in accordance ...

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