Explore the colorful exterior and meticulously decorated interiors of the Armour-Stiner Octagon House, a unique 1870s home that is still a private residence See the home decked out in Victorian ...

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Located in a no-mans land near the Foggy Bottom neighborhood and close to the National Mall at 18th and New York Avenue, the Octagon House was built in 1800 as a home for wealthy plantation owner ...

Motorists traveling on Green Street can’t help noticing an unusual-looking house, unlike anything else in the city. Many know it as “The Octagon House” because of its distinctive eight-sided design, ...

Molly McCann knew it was time. On a night short on finishes and completely devoid of KOs, McCann, a Liverpool women’s MMA pioneer, fell victim to one of the four submission defeats at the O2 Arena in ...

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Ohio History Connection isn't wasting any time in opening a set of ancient Native American earthworks up to the public. The state historical society officially retakes possession of the Octagon ...

We have said we first came to the Newark Earthworks to settle a bet. True, but that is the husk of the story. In the summer of 1974 Ray Hively was a newly minted astrophysicist interested in the ...