Publisher's Synopsis
The unknown story behind historical places and exhibits from some of the most famous museums in the world, including the Smithsonian, the Field Museum, and others. Includes: The first dinosaurs; Three Mile Island: A History of America's Worst Nuclear Disaster; Tswaing: The African Meteor Crater; Space Toilets: How to "Go" in Space; The Tuskagee Airmen; A President's Secret Operation: How Grover Cleveland Hid His Cancer Surgery From Everybody; and more. Illustrated.