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The Centuries-Old Fish Ladder that Feeds Maine's...

April 26, 2022

Straddling the border of Nobleboro and Newcastle near the Maine coast, the Damariscotta Mills fish ladder is an unexpected local landmark—a centuries-old effort to protect the alewives that travel each spring from Great Salt Bay to the fresh water of Damariscotta Lake, where the fish spawn, that is still an economic engine for the small towns today. This story began with the alewife, an anadromous—or migrating from the sea to rivers to spawn—species of herring slightly larger than a...

Keystone Gallery in Scott City, Kansas

April 26, 2022

Keystone Gallery is a combination fossil museum, art gallery, and gift shop. The museum contains an extensive, scientific collection of local Kansas fossils. The area known as western Kansas was once covered by a great sea. Various examples of this time period can be found at Keystone Gallery. Many of these fossils were discovered in the nearby areas of Monument Rocks, Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park, and in other remote surrounding areas. Fossils include prehistoric fish, turtle, and bird...

Missouri Mines State Historic Site in Park...

April 26, 2022

This historic site contains the ruins of Federal Mill No. 3, which was once a large smelting plant used to refine lead as part of the extensive network of lead mining in this part of Missouri known as the “Lead Belt.” The site was donated to the state parks in 1975 by the St. Joseph Lead Company after it was decommissioned. The site contains 18 buildings including the powerhouse, crusher, and machine shops in various stages of rust and...

Stearns History Museum in St Cloud, Minnesota

April 26, 2022

The Stearns History Museum is home to archives, exhibits, and more dedicated to the history of central Minnesota. Originally established as the Stearns County Historical Society in 1939, the museum broke ground in 1982 and is still in the same location today. The museum features permanent as well as rotating exhibits, events, activities, and much more. The history of granite mining in central Minnesota, fashions from the past, and antique toys all call the museum home. The museum is...

Cublington Spinney and Airport Monument in Cublington,...

April 26, 2022

Ask any Brit what the largest airport in the U.K. is, the answer is always going to be Heathrow or Gatwick. This was very nearly not the case, as during the ’60s and ’70s, this quiet corner of Buckinghamshire countryside was threatened with extinction, so the villages fought back. In the 1960s, the government assigned High Court judge Eustace Roskill to look into appropriate locations for London’s third airport. By 1969, the Roskill Report was published, the report concluded that the area surrounding...

The Mystery of the Puffer Fish Helmets...

April 26, 2022

Isaac Brower, a surgeon from rural Indiana, spent much of the mid-19th century in Fiji, promoting American interests in the region in some vague capacity, running cotton plantations, and hoovering up local artifacts. But he never set foot in what is now the island nation of Kiribati, some 1,300 miles from Fiji, according to Stéphanie Leclerc-Caffarel, a researcher at Paris’s Musée du quai Branly who is writing a book about Brower. So no one’s sure how he acquired the...

Capernwray Dive Centre in Capernwray, England

April 26, 2022

The most well-known inland diving site in the United Kingdom is Stoney Cove, which boasts the largest inland wreck. However, this quieter quarry near Lancaster is the final resting place of a behemoth within its waters that challenges that title. The former limestone quarry is about 25 meters (82 feet) deep at its deepest point and boasts quite a range of attractions within its waters, including a minesweeper, helicopters, a Cessna, and there was even an oil rig which...

Podcast: The Timbuktu Manuscripts

April 26, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit Timbuktu, Mali, where a collection of documents highlights the intellectual legacy of an ancient civilization based in the region. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories....

How to Turn a Volcano Into an...

April 26, 2022

THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED FROM THE APRIL 24, 2022, EDITION OF GASTRO OBSCURA’S FAVORITE THINGS NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE. Earlier this month, I found myself driving through the winding hills of São Miguel, a small island in the Portuguese Azores. When I reached my destination, I was hit with the smell of sulfur and the warmth of steam. They were coming from fumaroles, holes in the ground that hissed with the same volcanic activity that once created...

Staffing Considerations for a Revenue Team

April 26, 2022

There is a recognized need for proactive revenue strategy and technology investment for many hotels. However, once the new technologies are integrated, there remains an open question: who’s going to keep this operation running smoothly and profitably as opening day approaches and beyond? Factors to Help You Identify the Best Staff Below you find some The post Staffing Considerations for a Revenue Team appeared first on Revfine.com.

Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls, Idaho

April 25, 2022

One of the largest waterfalls in the United States at some 212 feet tall and 900 feet wide, Shoshone Falls can be spectacular when the Snake River is running full. They’re located in the Snake River Canyon about three miles upstream from Twin Falls, Idaho, and form the centerpiece of Twin Falls city park. A fraction of the flow is diverted to a small hydropower plant (capacity a little less than 15 megawatts), which has minimal effect on the...

Shot Tower Historic State Park in Austinville,...

April 25, 2022

The Shot Tower Historical State Park sits on the New River in Austinville, Virginia. The 215-year-old tower was conceived by Thomas Jackson, a local miner and business owner. It took seven years to complete the 75-foot high tower of limestone, quarried from the Austinville mine about a mile away. Inside the tower is a 75-foot-deep shaft, that reaches river level. The tower was used to mold “shot,” which was sold to settlers as ammunition. This was done by pouring...

Football Monument in Lapovo, Serbia

April 25, 2022

One of Serbia’s football pioneers Danilo Stojanović was born in Lapovo in 1878. He brought the first ball to his hometown in 1902. In 2019, a monument dedicated to him and his loving football was constructed. Stojanović, also known as Čika Dača, founded the first football club Šumadija in Kragujevac in 1903, and five years later he founded the LSK football club in his Lapovo. Čika Dača dedicated his life to football, first as a player, then as a coach,...

Hacienda Buena Vista in Ponce, Puerto...

April 25, 2022

Hacienda Buena Vista and plantation is located on the mountainous side of Ponce and it’s considered one of the most preserved haciendas in Puerto Rico. Hacienda Buena Vista’s buildings and machinery date back to the mid-19th century and after all this time, they’re still functional. Don Salvador de Vives emigrated from Venezuela to Puerto Rico and started Hacienda Buena Vista in 1833 as a farm that produced plantains, bananas, corn, and avocados. Between 1845 and 1847, Carlos Vives, the...

Ute Mountain Tribal Park in Towaoc, Colorado

April 25, 2022

Tours of the Ute Mountain Tribal Park, located in the Mesa Verde/Mancos Canyon area, offer something few other tours do— a chance to really learn and experience the deep history of the place. It’s possible at Ute because all of the tours are conducted by a Ute guide. Located next to the Mancos River, the Ute Mountain Tribal Park is 125,000 acres of canyons, rock art, and natural formations, all steeped in the history of the Ute and Ancestral...

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