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The House with Two Numbers in Baarle-Nassau,...

April 8, 2022

There are border towns all over the world where houses or entire areas sometimes move from one country to another when the border shifts, but what happens when the border goes through your front door? The town of Baarle is home to perhaps the craziest border situation in the world, with dozens of enclaves and exclaves dotting the area, with their borders running criss-cross through everything—including houses. This means that people could have their kitchen in one country and...

The Wild and Wonderful Whorls of Brash...

April 8, 2022

Ice is full of surprises, and we’re not talking about that slick patch you don’t notice until it’s too late. Water’s solid state can take some wild forms. There is delicate, rare, short-lived hair ice, which is sometimes mistaken for wads of wet toilet paper. The frozen Frisbees known as pancake ice are much more common, particularly in polar regions and the Great Lakes, but they’re not actually as flat as a, well, you know. Each thin piece has...

Tuvalu Women’s Handicraft Centre in Vaiaku, Tuvalu

April 8, 2022

Right next to Tuvalu’s tiny airport is a small shop known as the Tuvalu Women’s Handicraft Centre. Lined with colorful handmade baskets, fans, necklaces, mats, fishhooks, and woodcarvings, the shop showcases the work of female artisans from the island nation. The shop is only open two days a week when flights land on the Funafuti Airport Airstrip. It is Tuvalu’s only souvenir shop. In Polynesia, it’s often the women who learn and pass down traditional techniques used to create...

In South Africa, a Seed Librarian Seeks...

April 7, 2022

Zayaan Khan’s work as a seed librarian and horticulturist often seems fun and playful. As she talks to insects, sticks her hands in the dirt, and puts strange plants in her mouth at her workshops, it’s obvious she finds joy in what she does. But much of her practice revolves around the confrontation of a traumatic past. In South Africa, colonization and genocide have erased millennia of local food knowledge, leaving the country with a food system at odds...

'Memoria e Luce' in Padua, Italy

April 7, 2022

The terrorist attacks on four targets in the United States on September 11, 2001, shocked the world. In the years since the tragedy, numerous monuments have been erected in the U.S. and other locations around the world. One can be found in Padua, Italy, a glass sculptural installation known as Memoria e Luce (Memory and Light). The location is not as surprising as it may initially seem. The U.S. has maintained military facilities in Italy since World War II, many in...

Big Water of Fleet Viaduct in Dumfries,...

April 7, 2022

The Big Water of Fleet Viaduct is a large, disused single-track viaduct constructed of granite. It was opened by the Portpatrick Railway in 1861. At just over 274 meters (900 feet) long, 21 meters (69 feet) tall, the 20-arch structure was the largest engineering structure on the railway. The viaduct required much maintenance during its active life, cracks started to appear in the structure, then in 1924-1926 the viaduct piers were encased in red brick which contributes the viaducts current...

To Resurrect Jordan's Lost Forests, Plant a...

April 7, 2022

At a park in the east Amman neighborhood of Marka, a local street cat stalks two small birds past shrubs and saplings. Deema Assaf, an architect turned environmentalist, stops talking for a moment to watch the interaction. Only a few feet from the oblivious birds, the cat freezes. Then it loses interest and walks away, curling up near Assaf in a rare patch of weeds—most of the unwanted vegetation was pulled the day before by volunteers. The birds are...

Praia do Cassino in Rio Grande, Brazil

April 7, 2022

At more than 200 kilometers (125 miles), Praia do Cassino is considered the longest sea beach in the world. From the breakwaters at the seaport of Rio Grande, the beach extends south to the Chuí Stream, where it approaches the border of Brazil and Uruguay. The beach is named for the casinos that were once common in luxury hotels in the surrounding area.

Núcleo Museológico do Sal in Figueira da...

April 7, 2022

Núcleo Museológico do Sal was founded in 2007 to document the ancient practice of artisanal salt production in Figueira da Foz. The museum is fittingly located in the middle of salt-producing establishments, or salinas. It consists of a warehouse repurposed to house the museum and actual ponds with a walkway in the middle. Depending on the season and the amount of rain recently received, the walkway can be dry or covered with a layer of water, which can make...

Usami Kannon-ji in Itō, Japan

April 7, 2022

Overshadowed by the more well-known temple towns of Atami, Ito, and Shimoda, the small town of Usami often gets lost in the shuffle. But several miles from the seaside, in the hills of Japan’s Izu Peninsula, sits one of the country’s largest seated Buddha statues. Perhaps it’s evading popularity due to its ambiguously public nature. Making the up-hill trek from Usami station, you will find this striking temple complex, though you may or may not be welcomed—it is a...

Larne Jaunting Car Sculpture in Mid and...

April 7, 2022

This sculpture celebrating Larne’s tourism hay days was commissioned in November 2019 with a budget of £80,000. The eventual winning artist, Kevin Killen, crafted the stunning piece of art that pays tribute to famous local figures such as the hotelier and “Father of tourism” in Ireland Henry McNeil. The sculpture showcases a lone man riding a jaunting car with a steed horse pulling the vehicle along. The man and horse are covered in metallic words of famous local places...

The Guild Inn Estate in Toronto, Ontario

April 7, 2022

The Guild Inn, or simply The Guild was a historic hotel in the Guildwood neighborhood of Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, and was once an artist colony. The surrounding Guild Park and gardens are notable for a sculpture garden that contains the rescued facades and ruins of various demolished downtown Toronto buildings. These include buildings such as the old Toronto Star building and the Granite Club. The park is situated on the Scarborough Bluffs with views of Lake Ontario.

Presidential Palace in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

April 7, 2022

Located in the heart of the capital city of Bissau, the pink-hued Presidential Palace has borne witness to much of the country’s history. Portuguese colonizers originally built the palace. At the time, it was one of the largest buildings in Bissau. But since Guinea-Bissau gained independence in 1974, the palace has been the home of the country’s sitting president. [Delete: When it was built, the palace was one of the largest buildings in Bissau. It long stood as a...

Horoku Inari Shrine in Tokyo, Japan

April 7, 2022

The history of lotteries in Japan can be traced back to Osaka around the 12th-century when a temple started hosting such games in an attempt to raise funds for its upkeep. While the prize was not money but a lucky charm, the practice gained popularity across the country by the end of the 17th-century. The national lottery was established at the end of World War II. Some have won tens of millions of yen, while many have lost, rendering...

Leuven Mini City in Leuven, Belgium

April 7, 2022

Leuven is a reasonably densely populated city, especially in the student housing section. This piece of street art adds to that feeling, as the graffiti appears as though dozens of tiny people are living near the staircase of a student flat. The art was created as part of the 2013 Concrete Festival, where several locations prone to graffiti were turned into art installations in collaboration with the university and youth center. The entrance to the Camilo Torres student flat was...

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