Wikimedia Commons/Carol M. Highsmith Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii Ancient Hawaii had a death penalty ...

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Shutterstock Animas Forks Ghost Town At 11,200 feet, Animas Forks became a bustling mining town by 1876 with silver fever ...