Few tourists venture as far as Trieste, a city tucked in Italy's northeast corner on the Adriatic Sea. Arianna Pagani for NPR hide caption
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A man covers himself from rain with an umbrella as he walks by the Baltimore Museum of Art on April 21, 2020. An upcoming exhibit at the museum will be curated by security guards. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
At This Baltimore Museum, Security Guards Will Be The Ones Curating The Exhibit
Grenadians watch a landing U.S. convoy during the Grenada Invasion of 1983. Shepard Sherbell/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
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People mourn their ancestors and the deceased at a cemetery in Quanzhou during the traditional Qingming Festival, or "Tomb-sweeping Day." VCG/VCG via Getty Images hide caption
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Archaeologist Ferudun Ozgumus stands in what is believed to be a Byzantine-era substructure in Istanbul. Nicole Tung/NPR hide caption
Beneath Istanbul, Archaeologists Explore An Ancient City's Byzantine Basements
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Pat Garrett's Colt single action army revolver was used to gun down Billy the Kid. Bonhams hide caption
A U.S. Marines helicopter hovers over the Atlantic ocean during an attempt to retrieve astronaut Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7, which sank 15,000 feet shortly after splashdown on July 21, 1961. AP hide caption
The Olympics have become a huge commercial success, so why do cities like Tokyo often seem to come out on the losing end? Scott Halleran/Getty Images hide caption
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Tourists dressed up as People's Liberation Army soldiers pose in Liangjiahe village, where a teenage Xi Jinping spent seven years doing hard labor. Today the village is a popular red tourism site. The sign displays a quote from Xi: "Liangjiahe is where my roots are, and my soul. It is my second home." Emily Feng/NPR hide caption
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A photo taken during a government organized media tour this spring shows a class in the China Executive Leadership Academy in Yan'an, the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party from 1936 to 1947, in Shaanxi province. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
How China's Communist Party Schools Train Generations Of Loyal Members
Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine, by Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley MCD hide caption
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James F. Holmes, the first-ever person of color to oversee the U.S. head count, stands inside his office at the Census Bureau's former headquarters in Suitland, Md., in 1998, when Holmes served as acting director for about nine months. Juana Arias/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Census Directors Were All White Until James F. Holmes Stepped In
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Firefighters rescue people from under a collapsed walkway in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on July 17, 1981. The collapse killed 114 people and injured more than 200. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption
