Discover American foods with surprisingly different names abroad, from zucchini and eggplant to pancakes and biscuits. Explore confusing food terminology in Britain, Canada, Australia, and other English-speaking countries worldwide.

Forget the costume parties and recreated diners. Across America, you can still sleep in genuine motor courts, visit original roadside attractions, and walk through places that welcomed vacationers during the 1950s. These destinations preserve real pieces of the decade, even if the rest of the world has moved on.

Some countries barely had time to design a flag before disappearing from the map. Throughout history, revolutions, collapsing empires, and independence movements have produced nations that survived only months, weeks, or even days. Some were genuinely independent, while others were provisional or unrecognized republics. Yet their brief existence sometimes changed borders, inspired independence movements, or left symbols that survive today. These are some of history's most fascinating short-lived states.