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Photo Credit: Cole Newton courtesy Glenwood Caverns. Between 1897 and 1899, Darrow and a crew hand-chiseled rock to make a tunnel from the Fairy Caves to explore more of the underground. The tunnel ends at a cliffside balcony called Exclamation Point, where a panoramic view of Glenwood Canyon and the Colorado River is revealed. At the time, this 'grand finale' viewing point is where Darrow's walking tours ended. Visitors today can still walk the oldest tunnel at Glenwood Caverns, but extensive expansions have been made in recent years. Photo Credit: Cole Newton courtesy Glenwood Caverns. At o...

The classic Christmas games and toys that still rule Yule Check out the iconic games and toys that rock every Christmas and have the power to make or break relationships Lego winter house ready for Christmas.  Wed, 23 Dec, 2020 - 13:30 Kya deLongchamps Well, at least on the Christmas card — it’s not about the money spent or the perceived prestige branding of a gift. This is a season of togetherness and fun. That festive recipe doesn’t have to be pricey, and some of the great names in games and toys still lifting smiles have lasted over a century. Twister, which is still a highly popul...

How a real-life monopoly made Monopoly the world’s biggest board game Monopoly now accounts for nearly one-third of all global board game sales, largely thanks to Hasbro’s own expansion strategy. By: Mark Dent On New Year’s Eve, Monopoly celebrates the 85th anniversary of its patent.  Its publisher, Hasbro, can toast the occasion knowing that its prized board game is more popular than ever.  In 2013, Euromonitor pegged Monopoly’s annual revenues at ~$400m. By one estimate, that accounts for ~30% of all mass-market board game sales in the world — equivalent to Google’s share ...

They're the few words that strike fear into the hearts of millions across the world. do not pass go. do not collect $200. yes, it's monopoly, the iconic board game released 80 years ago today. its popularity hasn't faded, but you probably know how to play it. here's a few things you may not know about one of the world's favorite games. "5 things monopoly." number one, philly native charles darrow is usually considered the father of monopoly, but according to an author on a book on the history of the game, it was patented more than 30 years earlier. her version was called "the landlo landlord's...

>> intelligence officials based on information they've been sharing with the brits and the brits sharing with the u.s. that it may have been a bomb, that it may have been planted by isis but nothing conclusive so far. one of the big questions raised is is isis there in the sinai sophisticated enough to be able to plant an airplane on a bomb? and one expert that i talked to this morning said the issue here in sophistication of bombs on airplanes is not necessarily the bomb itself but the concealment of the bomb. you know, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is considered one of the most...