Don Wildman examines a revolutionary plow that sowed the seeds of a terrifying disaster, a primitive plane that challenges the history of flight and a deceptive coin that's designed to kill.
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Deep in the Chicago History Museum sits an object that speaks to the city’s darker past. This piece of vintage eyewear is inextricably linked to one of Chicago’s most heinous crimes.
1601 N. Clark St
Chicago, IL 60614
The Cold War Museum
The Cold War Museum is home to a US silver dollar and a strange pin. It’s an exact replica of a deadly contraption worn during one of the most dangerous top-secret missions in US history.
7142 Lineweaver Rd
Warrenton, VA 20187
Connecticut Air and Space Center
On display at the Connecticut Air and Space Center is one of the most monumental inventions in the history of aviation. In fact, this aircraft could even rewrite the story of man’s first flight.
550 Main St
Stratford, CT 06615
Kansas State Historical Society
The Kansas Museum of History is home to a simple farm plow that changed the course of American history. It inadvertently contributed to one of the nation’s most tragic natural disasters.
6425 SW 6th Ave
Topeka, KS 66615-1099
