The Hunt For Poland's Buried Nazi Gold Trains

TUNNEL VISION The Hunt For Poland's Buried Nazi Gold Trains buzzfeed.com Last summer, explorers in Poland claimed to have discovered tunnels built for trains carrying plundered Nazi gold, only to be debunked a few months later. What motivates the true believers to keep searching?

GOING UNDERGROUND Colson Whitehead's Fantastic Voyage newrepublic.com "The Underground Railroad" just became one the year's most-hyped books (thanks in part to Oprah). What does it mean that, for white audiences, slave narratives sell?

GREAT LENGTHS How Racism Kept The World's Fastest Swim Stroke Out Of The Pool atlasobscura.com How the fear of being "un-European" almost stopped future Katie Ledeckys.