Ginjinha is a type of cherry liqueur with close links to Lisbon, and in and around Largo de São Domingos, a square in the city’s historical center, there are at least five bars that specialize in the drink. The most famous of these, and quite possibly the first, having opened in 1840, is A Ginjina. The space is roughly the size of a large closet, the marble walls etched with prizes won nearly a century ago. When you approach……
In a celebratory convergence of innovation and global impact, the 2023 Solve Challenge Finals, hosted by MIT Solve, unfolded to welcome the 2023 Solver Class. These teams, resolute in their commitment to addressing Solve’s 2023 Global Challenges and rooted in advancing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, serve as the perfect examples of the impact technology can have when addressed toward social good. To set the tone of the day, Cynthia Barnhart, MIT provost, called for bold action in……
On an unusually cold day last February, pipes burst all over Massachusetts, including in the MIT Stratton Student Center (Building W20, affectionately called “The Stud” by students). There was widespread damage to the building, and despite many student group spaces being flooded with water, some still had salvageable items. At the time, the Undergraduate Association Sustainability team (UA Sustain) was called into action to see what items of furniture, computer equipment, and clothing could be saved and repurposed instead……
This former cosmic ray station is located near the summit of Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park. The structure was originally built in 1902 to serve as a weather observatory. It was operated by Norman Sanson, the curator of the Banff Park Museum, and the Canadian federal government’s official weather observer. They climbed the mountain over 1,000 times to collect data at the observatory. The information that the observatory provided was used to aid national weather forecasts and provide……
Located adjacent to an oxbow lake near the city center, the Brownsville Cemetery was founded in the mid-nineteenth century. Placards throughout the grounds detailing the lives of its occupants—from the original settlers to Pancho Villa’s troops, providing a tantalizing glimpse of the area’s colorful history. One unconventional element of this particular cemetery is that many of the tombs are above ground, possibly in a nod to the burial traditions of merchants from New Orleans who migrated to Brownsville for……
The animal world is full of harbingers of doom—at least, according to superstitions. From the Tower of London’s ravens (whose departure would signal the fall of an entire nation) to the average black cat crossing your unlucky path, plenty of critters warn of woe. In Ominous Animals, we explore the lore—and the science—behind these finned, furry, and feathered messengers of impending calamity. When a loved one fell ill in 17th-century England, a rhythmic tap, tap, tap echoing from the……
“Worms will crawl over your face! Ghosts will roam the aisles!” Dr. Silkini warns as the Frankenstein monster slowly comes to life onstage, “If the lights go out, stay in your seats!” Suddenly possessed by a fit of rage, the monster strangles the hunchbacked assistant and charges into the audience with a roar. As the front row squeals in anticipation, there is a blinding flash, and the lights suddenly go off. Pandemonium erupts in the pitch black theater. There……
St. Giles Cathedral, the 900-year-old Church of Scotland, is situated along the Royal Mile in the capital city. This major thoroughfare is a bustling artery that connects Edinburgh Castle with the Palace of Holyrood, the official royal residence of visiting British monarchs. Inside this gothic and ornate house of worship are many objects depicting the long, and often times tumultuous, history of Scotland’s seat of government. Take, for instance, a bronze sculpture of a rather mundane household object, a……
Discovered in 1850 by English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard at the ancient Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq, the Nimrud Lens is a curious piece of rock crystal dating back to the late 8th century B.C. Roughly ground into a slightly oval shape, its size is 38 millimeters in diameter and has a focal point and length equivalent to a 3× magnifying glass. Its function is unclear, and it could have been a magnifying glass or a burning……
Atlas Obscura’s Wondersky columnist Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science journalist and author of the upcoming Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (January 2024, Random House). She regularly shares the stories and secrets of our wondrous night sky. The ancient Chinese Shu Ching, or Book of Documents, includes what may be the oldest written account of a solar eclipse. It records that, on Oct. 22, 2134 BC, “the……
This bridge was originally built by the Erie Railroad and was once part of the Newark Branch. It is a bascule bridge, also known as a jackknife bridge, originally built in 1922. It spanned the Passaic River between Harrison/Kearny and Newark. But this structure is probably better known for its role in a pivotal scene in the 1982 movie musical Annie. Harrison used to be an impressively industrial town, once called the “beehive of industry.” The bridge was primarily used……
Just south of Avenue P on the west side of Brooklyn‘s Ocean Parkway, a small, one-foot-tall granite rectangle juts out of the ground with a mysterious “3M” carved into its traffic-facing side. This inconspicuous stone was once a mile marker on Ocean Parkway, a street inspired by the grand boulevards of Paris and Berlin, built between 1874 and 1880 in the middle of Brooklyn, New York. Originally, Ocean Parkway was a shortcut for pedestrian and horse traffic, as well……
Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Travel is sometimes like a box of chocolates—you never know what you’re going to get. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we share stories of places that blew us away, and those that didn’t live up to the hype. We want to hear your stories about the places you’ve visited that far exceeded—or failed—to meet your expectations. Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and……
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If all goes well, on Thursday morning a NASA mission with extensive connections to MIT will be headed to a metal world. Psyche, a van-sized spacecraft with winglike solar panels, is scheduled to blast off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket tomorrow at 10:16 a.m. Eastern Time. Psyche’s destination is a potato-shaped asteroid by the same name that orbits the sun within the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers suspect that the asteroid Psyche, which is about……
