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The Owl Bar in Baltimore, Maryland

February 7, 2022

When the Belvedere Hotel opened its doors on December 14, 1903, it became Baltimore’s first luxury hotel. Off the posh lobby of the Beaux Arts–style building was the Owl Bar, then known simply as the Bar Room. Because it served alcohol, admission was restricted to men. The bar quickly became one of the city’s most popular and notorious watering holes, frequented by clientele ranging from businessmen and politicians to bookies and gangsters. Although the spittoons are gone, today the...

Meet the 'Devil Chefs' of Kashmir

February 4, 2022

For several decades, 70-year-old Asadullah Khan’s life has revolved around preparing a Kashmiri delicacy: the meal known as wazwan. Khan, a resident of Srinagar in Kashmir, learned his skills from his father as an adolescent. He had no choice. Khan belongs to a family as famed for their cooking as for their notorious moniker: the Shaitan waz’e, or “the devil chefs.” The family picked up this nickname nearly a century ago, during the term of Ghulam Mohammad Bakshi, the...

Guatemala's Tricked-Out 'Chicken Buses' Have Lots of...

February 4, 2022

A peculiar sight flies through Guatemala’s densely packed cities streets and rolling, mountainous countryside: a fleet of thousands of American school buses. But they are not the ordinary yellow vehicles that ferry children to school every day. Not any more. Here, and across Central America, these buses are the region’s main form of public transport. In Guatemala, the vehicles are a source of endless creativity and variety. A few buses hit their routes unadorned—still bright yellow, still carrying the...

Dreamfactory and the World of Wonders in...

February 4, 2022

Once a thriving furniture factory, the building at 8 Weierwiesstrasse is now home to ventriloquist dolls, a magic library, and eerie electrified wax figures. It’s all the work of Swiss magician/ventriloquist Retonio Breitenmoser, who purchased the site in the late 1980s. An enthusiastic collector of rarities, Breitenmoser initially used the building as a private storage space and converted the upper floors into his home. After several of his local projects (Magic Casino, Nostalgia amusement park) as well as international projects (Magic...

Amani Vanilla in Temerloh, Malaysia

February 4, 2022

For vanilla lovers, Amani Vanilla may just be heaven. Founded in 2008 by former journalist Mohamad Norawi, this farm-café offers desserts and drinks made with vanilla beans grown and harvested on-site. Vanilla farms are rare in Malaysia, but Norawi is on a mission to change that. The farm, which supplies vanilla beans to restaurants throughout Kuala Lumpur, has quickly become a popular local and tourist attraction. Visitors can ride ATVs to tour the farm, learn about the harvesting season, and...

Red Rock in Alvie, Australia

February 4, 2022

The landscape of red rock stands as the remainder of an ancient volcano. These remains span the land, and various craters have now been replaced with water instead of lava, and grass instead of ash. At least 30 eruption vents have been identified at the volcano, with the last known eruption having taken place around 8,000 years ago. This event makes Red Rock one of the more recent Australian volcano sites. Visitors can drive or walk to multiple viewing...

North Berwick Law in North Berwick, Scotland

February 4, 2022

Near the small fishing village of North Berwick in East Lothian, stands a 613-foot cone-shaped hill with some interesting features that reside at the apex. The most striking is a fiberglass model of a whale’s jawbone. Originally in 1709, there were actual mounted skeletal remains, but due to adverse weather conditions, the remains were replaced with models. The monument is meant to honor the seafaring traditions of the local community. This ancient volcanic plug provides spectacular views of Bass Rock,...

Pomnik Jurija Gagarina w Poznaniu in Poznań,...

February 4, 2022

This monument is designed to represent the Soviet cosmonaut and the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin. The structure stands as a beautiful example of Modernist architecture between concrete blocks of the Winogrady district. The monument was created by the Polish sculptor Jerzy Sobociński and stands around 32-feet (10-meters) in height. The obelisk is composed of concrete with Gagarin’s sculpture on top. The entire area features a space theme as this gem is located at the edge of Gagarin...

Awhum Waterfall and Cave in Ohum,...

February 4, 2022

The Awhum waterfall cave is located in a beautiful scenic community, one that emits a kind of old mystic beauty that leaves one feeling like they have been transported back in time. The cave, which formed as a result of a massive outcrop of granite rock, is a sight to behold. Water cascades down from the top to form a stream at its base with white sand along its shores. The cave itself stands at 30 meters (98 feet)...

Ha Baroana Cave Paintings in Metolong, Lesotho

February 4, 2022

Deep in the cradle of civilization, you can still find traces of our ancient ancestors. Lesotho’s amazing Ha Baroana site is only an hour’s drive from the capital of Maseru, and on the far side of the Liphiring River, tucked inconspicuously beneath a black-and-tan cave, sit a remarkably preserved stretch of paintings. The walls of Ha Baroana, which translates as “home of the bushmen,” are decorated with paintings of animals like leopards, lions, antelope, cranes, and guinea fowls, as...

Den of Nargun in Iguana Creek, Australia

February 4, 2022

The cave under a rock overhang in Mitchell River National Park is a significant place for the Gunaikurnai people, the traditional owners of the land. It’s called the Den of Nargun, with the Nargun being a fierce half-human, half-rock creature who lives in the cave. The Nargun is said to have the power to turn spears or boomerangs back so they hit their owner. It also has a reputation for luring travelers into its den. The Gunaikurnai tell of the Nargun...

Inquisition's Blazon in Barcelona, Spain

February 3, 2022

Plaça del Rei (meaning “King’s Square” in Catalan) is one of the most charming places in Barcelona. However, this emblematic place hides a bloody past—it once housed the prisons of the Spanish Inquisition. Today, a coat of arms in stone is still preserved. In the Middle Ages, a number of important buildings were established here: the Royal Palace, the Chapel Saint Àgata, and the seven-story King Martí Tower, the highest in medieval Barcelona. In the Inquisition’s old prisons (outbuildings...

Santa Clara Women's Club Adobe in Santa...

February 3, 2022

Right off of the Santa Clara University campus sits a small building. Its red roof tiles and white adobe walls are fairly typical for the area. But this is no Spanish Revival homage to California‘s past. This edifice, now the Santa Clara Women’s Club, dates back to when Spain ruled Northern California. The nearby University grounds are home to the Santa Clara Mission, one of the 17 sites across California established by Spanish monks in order to convert Native...

Winter Mausoleum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

February 3, 2022

The Winter Mausoleum in Pittsburgh‘s Allegheny Cemetery is an interesting resting place, particularly memorable for the twin sphinxes that guard the tomb. This is the grave of Emil Winter, an industrialist and banker who made his fortune in the Pittsburgh steel industry at the turn of the 20th century. Winter had the mausoleum built in 1930. Its design is almost identical to that of F.W. Woolworth’s mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Both tombs were the work of John Russell...

Agbokim Waterfall in Obokum, Nigeria

February 3, 2022

In a remote rainforest near the border of Nigeria and Cameroon, seven streams tumble over steep cliffs to form the Agbokim waterfall. During the rainy season, the rushing falls create a thunderous sound and sometimes, for those who are lucky enough to see them, rainbows. Agbokim waterfall is situated in Etung local government area of Cross River State, about 17 kilometers (10 miles) from the small town of Ikom. Agbokim waterfall is most significant for its multiple adjoining streams,...

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