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Leaders (>5000 Page Views)
| Article | Date | Image | DYK views | DYK hook |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker City Tower | 2019-01-16 |  |
17,667 | ... that even though the Baker Hotel (pictured) was nearly fully booked during the filming of the 1969 musical film Paint Your Wagon, it closed shortly thereafter? |
| CISBOT | 2018-04-19 | 9,506 | ... that the robot CISBOT once found a baseball under New York City?? | |
| Chesapeake and Ohio 1309 | 2019-02-02 | 5,111 | ... that the restoration of the Chesapeake and Ohio 1309 locomotive was set back when an employee stole thousands of pounds of brass fittings to sell as scrap? | |
| Chenail Island | 2017-02-01 | 7,311 | ... that a monument on Chenail Island (pictured) honors the families that lived there before much of the island was submerged? | |
| Chevelon Creek Bridge | 2021-09-09 | 5,494 | ... that the Chevelon Creek Bridge, built in Arizona in 1912–1913, was part of one of America's first national highways? | |
| Deer Valley, Phoenix | 2016-12-20 | 7,537 | ... that you can fly model airplanes or ride model trains behind a flood control dam in Phoenix, Arizona's Deer Valley urban village? | |
| East German balloon escape | 2018-04-26 | 7,205 | ... that in 1979, eight people escaped from East Germany to the West in a homemade hot air balloon? | |
| Elijah Thomas Webb Residence | 2020-09-13 |  |
9449 | ... that the Elijah Thomas Webb Residence (pictured) was built with a family fortune amassed after John Webb discovered lead when plowing a corn field? |
| Falcon Nest | 2017-05-01 | 20,954 | ... that Falcon Nest is the tallest single-family home in North America? | |
| Fugitive dust | 2018-01-11 | 9,020 | ... that fugitive dust escapes? | |
| Gideon Brooke | 2017-12-07 | 8,702 | ... that Gideon Brooke's grave was unmarked for 136 years? | |
| George Bangs | 2019-09-27 |  |
6,506 | ... that George Bangs's cemetery memorial features a mail car (pictured), carved to scale, commemorating his leadership of the Railway Mail Service? |
| Gothic-arch barn | 2018-04-23 |  |
6,703 | ... that an entire Gothic-arch barn (example pictured) could be ordered from the Sears & Roebuck catalog? |
| Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park | 2017-11-04 | 8,104 | ... that the memorial to the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots is at the exact location where they died? | |
| Heterelmis stephani | 2016-11-30 | 13,129 | ... that less than 50 years after being discovered, Heterelmis stephani is now presumed extinct? | |
| James A. Wetmore | 2017-08-17 | 9,680 | ... that James A. Wetmore's name is inscribed on more federal buildings than any other U.S. citizen?" | |
| Lackawanna Limited wreck | 2018-12-17 | 5,587 | ... that an airplane carrying an emergency shipment of blood plasma for victims of the Lackawanna Limited wreck landed on a runway illuminated by automobile headlights? | |
| Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse | 2016-07-06 |  |
6,852 | ... that prior to undergoing an historic renovation, the Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse (pictured) was condemned by the fire marshal? |
| Prow house | 2018-03-02 | 8,750 | ... that a prow house is named after a ship's prow? | |
| Queen Creek Tunnel | 2016-10-27 | 5,801 | ... that Arizona's Queen Creek Tunnel is the first in the state to be equipped with LED lighting? | |
| Rainbow Canyon (California) | 2017-04-25 | 17,641 | ... that the US military refers to Death Valley's Rainbow Canyon as Star Wars Canyon? | |
| Red Rock Bridge | 2017-05-17 | 8,274 | ... that when the Red Rock Bridge was no longer needed for trains, it was converted to carry the auto traffic of U.S. Route 66 over the Colorado River? | |
| Ronald J. Shurer | 2018-10-1 |  |
40,011 | ... that US Army combat medic Ronald J. Shurer's (pictured) Silver Star commendation for service in Afghanistan is being upgraded to a Medal of Honor today? |
| The Red Caboose Motel | 2020-09-12 | 5,280 | ... that the Red Caboose Motel has the largest privately owned collection of railroad cabooses in the world? | |
| Schools at War | 2021-06-06 |  |
5,312 | ... that the American Schools at War program (promotional poster pictured) raised over $2 billion (over $28 trillion today) to help pay for World War II? |
| Thunder River (Tapeats Creek) | 2017-05-25 | 9,657 | ... that the Grand Canyon's Thunder River is the steepest in the United States? |