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Eritrean Railway in Asmara, Eritrea

February 1, 2022

The Eritrean railway once connected the seaside port city of Massawa to the inland city of Agordot, spanning about 190 miles in total. After falling into disrepair over decades of conflict, sections of the railway are running again with much of the original equipment. Constructed between 1887 and 1932 during Italian colonial occupation, the railroad was meant to extend to the Sudanese border, but construction plans were halted by the Italo-Ethiopian War. The years of the Italian war effort...

Marine Life in the Galápagos Gets a...

January 31, 2022

Endangered turtles, sharks, and manta rays now have more room to roam in the pristine waters of the Galápagos Islands. In January 2022, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso decreed a new marine reserve called Hermandad—“Brotherhood”—in the volcanic island chain famous for its impressive, unusual biodiversity. The newly declared reserve will be free of fishing, and adds more than 23,000 square miles to the existing 53,000 of the Galápagos Marine Reserve. The expansion will help protect a vital underwater corridor or...

Crossville Model Railroad Club in Crossville, Tennessee

January 31, 2022

In 2001, a group of dedicated hobbyists from Upper Cumberland Railroad Society started this club to preserve and honor the people and equipment who helped build Tennessee and America to revive the memory of the glory days, when massive iron horses climbed mountains and ran through valleys. Beautiful hand-created model trains are on display in various settings, including circus, military base, airport, cable cars, and many more. When lights are turned off there is a beautiful nighttime display as...

Ochsenportal in Nuremberg, Germany

January 31, 2022

On the north bank of the ancient Fleischbrücke bridge in Nuremberg stands a curious ornate arched doorway topped with a statue of a burly ox. It marks the site that was once the entrance to the city’s medieval meat market. From the early Middle Ages to the mid-20th century, meats of all kinds (including beef, mutton, pork, venison, horse, rabbit, hare, chicken, duck, and goose) could be purchased here by those citizens with enough money to afford them. Animals...

The Wondrous Wordplay of Lunar New Year...

January 31, 2022

THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED FROM THE JANUARY 29, 2022, EDITION OF GASTRO OBSCURA’S FAVORITE THINGS NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE. Editor’s note: On February 1, 2022, the sun, moon, and Earth will align, meaning both a new moon and a new year according to the traditional Chinese calendar. As the moon slowly returns to visibility over the next few weeks, families will come together to celebrate the Lunar New Year. This time of year, you or your neighbors...

Mausoleum of Egbert Ludovicus Viele in West...

January 31, 2022

After his death in 1902, Brigadier General Egbert Ludovicus Viele was interred in this pyramid-shaped mausoleum in West Point Cemetery. Viele was born in 1825 in Waterford, New York, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1847. Following service in the Mexican-American War, Viele became a civilian engineer, eventually becoming the chief engineer for the construction of Central Park. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Viele was given a commission as a Brigadier General...

Monument to the Assassination of Ruggero Pascoli...

January 31, 2022

In the countryside of Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, a colorful mosaic monument pays tribute to the 1867 murder of Ruggero Pascoli, father of the celebrated poet Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912). Created in 2017 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the assassination, the monument sits at the exact spot where the crime took place. Ruggero’s brutal murder—when Giovanni was just 11 years old—remains unsolved. Various civic and private institutions pooled their resources to make the monument a reality. Giovanni Pascoli’s hometown of...

Binns Clock in Edinburgh, Scotland

January 31, 2022

An aged-old relic of a time gone by has been dusted off and reinstated with a new life. On the far western end of Princes Street, a main artery of retail shops and restaurants in Edinburgh, is a timepiece that appears to have been presiding here for decades. In fact, the Binn’s Clock, named after the department store that once resided in this locale, owes its new refurbishment to the new Johnnie Walker Experience. The 200-year-old whiskey company that...

Waldschlösschen Bridge in Dresden, Germany

January 31, 2022

The Dresden Elbe Valley, with its distinct architecture and natural landscape, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. A few years later, a bridge crossing the Elbe river was proposed to ease the traffic congestion in the nearby city of Dresden. UNESCO opposed the move and put Dresden Elbe Valley on the list of endangered World Heritage Sites in 2006 and stated that the valley’s status as a World Heritage Site would be removed if the bridge...

Changuu (Prison Island) in Tanzania

January 31, 2022

Changuu Island lies just off the coast of Zanzibar, about 25 minutes from Stone Town by a small-engined boat. Though it only measures about 800 meters long and 230 meters wide, this narrow spit of land holds a lot of history. The tiny island was uninhabited until the mid-1860s, when Majid bin Salid, the first Sultan of Zanzibar, sold it to several Arab slave traders using it to hold enslaved people in transit to Stone Town or beyond. After Zanzibar...

Following the Mysterious Trail of Europe's Last...

January 31, 2022

This story was originally published on SAPIENS and appears here with permission. Once upon a time, people near the valley of Nemea in southern Greece lived in mortal fear of a lion lurking in the surrounding hills and preying on the populace. Only mighty Hercules, challenged by the king of nearby Tiryns, could slay the beast. The son of Zeus cornered the powerful carnivore in a cave and choked it to death with his bare arms. Thereafter, the people...

Podcast: Bell Ringing of Old North Church

January 31, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit Boston’s Old North Church, which was cemented in American history by Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride. But now the ringers who play these bells in a centuries-old style are adding a twist. 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,...

How Can Hotels Reach Their Ancillary Revenue...

January 30, 2022

Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: The importance of Ancillary Revenue Management is growing. What ARM strategies can be used to increase room revenue / revenue per guest? (Question proposed by Pablo Torres) Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Theresa Prins – Founder, Revenue Resolutions Nikhil Roy – The post How Can Hotels Reach Their Ancillary Revenue Management Potential? appeared first on Revfine.com.

The Magic Behind the Lunar New Year...

January 28, 2022

Growing up, many of my most memorable moments of the Lunar New Year weren’t just the celebrations themselves, but rather the bustling times spent preparing with loved ones—in particular making and eating copious amounts of food laden with symbolism. For families around the world who celebrate the holiday, which is marked by the second new moon after the winter solstice, it is one of the most important times of the year to be together. The prepwork for all those...

Prírodná Galéria Šrot Park (Scrap Park Nature...

January 28, 2022

Scrap Park is a unique outdoor gallery located in city woods near Devínska Nová Ves, a borough of Bratislava. In this open-air gallery designed by artist Branislav Pokorný, you can admire figures of life-size animals or fairy-tale creatures. All of them are made from old scrap metal, nuts, screws, valves, and more. Pokorný started creating these scrap sculptures for his own pleasure. Many of them are animals native to Slovakia, but some are more exotic even fantastical. The park opened in...

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