EAST NORTH CENTRAL

This region includes; Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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3D Cuban Missile Crisis

Did this portable projection screen help save the Free World? ...More

Anti-Slavery Flag

What two Michigan brothers believed was an old sheet in a family trunk may have contributed to the end of slavery in America...More

Bonnie & Clyde Bullets

Could five .45 caliber bullets owned by a woman in a small Wisconsin town be responsible for the demise of the notorious Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow?...More

Civil War Balloon

A collector may have purchased a fragment of American aviation history. At first glance, it's a simple piece of frayed material in a frame...More

Cleveland Electric Car

A Cleveland man with a passion for trains has long wondered about an electric street car in his city’s transit museum...More

Ernie Pyle's Typewriter

Did America’s most beloved battlefront correspondent bang out his dispatches on this Corona 3?...More

Houdini Poster

A Chicago man replacing roof insulation in his home realized that the old material contained scores of old posters for a Harry Houdini magic show. ...More

Lincoln Forgery

Could this piece of sheet music have come from Abraham Lincoln's private collection? ...More

Lincoln Letter

Does this cryptic letter reveal Abraham Lincoln's secret strategy for winning political power? ...More

Lucy Parsons Book

Was the legendary anarchist the owner of this manifesto found in a library?...More

Movie Palace

Is it possible that a theater in the small town of Baraboo, Wisconsin, could have been the country's first great movie palace?...More

Quaker Map

Did this faded map once guide slaves to freedom on the underground railroad? ...More

Sears Home

Might an Ohio couple's residence be a long-forgotten Sears home?...More

U.S.S. Indianapolis

Could these souvenirs be remnants of one of Japan’s famous kamikaze attacks? ...More

Superman Sketch

An Ohio woman has an intriguing drawing that she discovered in the attic of her home. It is an undated sketch of the cartoon hero Superman with a note that reads "With Best Wishes to Randall, from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster."...More

WW2 Landing Craft

In the harbor of Bayfield, Wisconsin a craft used for dredging and hauling rocks could hold a dramatic secret...More