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Stories you've probably never heard, inspired by hidden gems that are all around us.

Weekly Gem #247, Timing is everything

Most clocks elicit a glance of a second or less, and no second glance. You look, you see the time, you move on. The Shepherd Gate Clock is a contrarian.

Weekly Gem #246, “Where are we?”

The 'time piece' at the top of the Flamsteed House

Weekly Gem #245, “I could feel the ship begin to quiver”

That this bell is in San Francisco rather than at the ocean floor near Guadalcanal is quite extraordinary

Weekly Gem #244, Matt “The Ghost” Urban

The grave site of the "Ghost," Lieutenant Colonel Matt Urban

Weekly Gem #243, Happiness pursued here

'One Way' to see a show

Weekly Gem #242, Verified sightings of a lost creek

An example of time well spent ; ]

Weekly Gem #241, $18 and a hellovalotofwork

Built in 1901, this is the actual home of Nelson and Rosa Ellen Parker, and their three kids. And their boat!

Weekly Gem #240, The Devil's Gravy Boat?

An extremely frothy and foamy section of the Pacific Ocean

Weekly Gem #239, A new beginning

Ready to make her mark

Weekly Gem #238, Now that’s what I call “hard rock music!”

Musically inclined rocks near Pipestone, Montana

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Photo of Wells Fargo stagecoach in San Francisco, California
Photo of Čumil (watcher) in Bratislava, Slovakia
Photo of the oval window in Hubbard Cottage at Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada
Photo of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia
Photo of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England
Photo of Old Fart Road street sign
Photo of cannon ball in side of building in Copenhagen, Denmark
Photo of heartwood in Missoula, Montana
Photo of the Mission Dolores in San Francisco, California
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Preserved bog oak in Cong, Ireland
Photo of Asticou Azalea Garden in Northeast Harbor, ME

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