An interactive map on Atlas Obscura explores alternate capital cities — not of countries, but products, events and states of mind. George Pendle explain the origins of the toilet paper capital ...

An 1898 map of the District of Columbia. Though it's difficult to imagine, Washington, D.C., wasn't always the capital of the United States. During the Revolutionary War, the 13 Colonies didn't really ...

The Toilet Paper Capital Of The World: Green Bay, Wis. "Up until the early 20th century, there was some toilet paper, but it had a devastating problem: the paper had splinters in it.

Further research revealed that Dalton is something of a "world capital" overachiever: during the Victorian era, it was "the bedspread capital of the world." The Jeans Capital Of The World: Xintang, ...