GoXplr publishes illustrated histories of abandoned and off-the-beaten-path places in Massachusetts, such as a disused railroad tunnel, a closed observation tower and a wartime bunker. Each issue covers a site's origins, decline and current condition.
Website: https://www.goxplr.com/
A newsletter on urbanism and the built environment, covering overlooked buildings, retail formats and roadside landscapes through close observation and local history. It also shares the author's writing process and pieces published elsewhere.
Woody LaBounty's San Francisco Story shares long-form local history tales about the city, with archival photos and stories on neighborhoods, institutions and forgotten events. Readers get well-researched, anecdotal accounts of San Francisco's past that go beyond standard landmark trivia.
A family and local history blog that reconstructs the life of Gedulla Menko, a Hengelo Jewish woman who later made Aliyah, using her 1958 Yad Vashem testimony and archival sources. It also covers the 1950s Maccabi Rehovot handball tours of the Netherlands and their links to the Jewish communities that hosted the players.
A weekly photo-essay newsletter that profiles one New York City neighborhood at a time across all five boroughs. Readers get photographs along with local history, observations and cultural context.
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