california Wisconsinite learns California's quirks in funny culture-clash sketch Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Watch "the most Midwestern moment in the history of televised Senate debates" David Pescovitz

art Meet Betsy, the 30-foot spiny lobster guarding the Florida Keys Popkin

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

adorable animals Eastern black rhino Zuri cools off with a hose — and it's adorable Jennifer Sandlin

youtube The saga of the weirdest theme park in the Midwest via Defunctland Grant St. Clair

media barons Ted Turner's secret newsroom lair looks like the saddest airport lounge ever Jason Weisberger

History How a 1958 magazine cheered America's slide into installment debt Ellsworth Toohey

DHS Kristi Noem left search and rescue techs without the tools to do their job Séamus Bellamy

travel The world's largest prairie chicken, explained Popkin

Food Marilyn Hagerty, viral Olive Garden reviewer, dies at 99 Ellsworth Toohey

politics White House now wants NASA's woke satellite destroyed Rob Beschizza

weather Record temperature set in Central Park Rob Beschizza

American Science & Surplus in peril: 88-year-old beloved curiosity shop asks for help Ellsworth Toohey

silly Oscar Mayer's Wienie 500: hot dogs hit the track Jason Weisberger

Minnesota The 2025 All Hockey Hair Team features mullets and other spectacular hairdos Jennifer Sandlin

politics Watch a bold woman stop a man from disrupting a peaceful protest (video) Jason Weisberger

police Turns out the "thin blue line" has a thick black market Jason Weisberger

animals Bizarre blob discovered covering underwater listening device Allan Rose Hill