Travel Archives - Page 341 of 582 - BRANDMOIAHORA

Say WOW

Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

Everything is a Brand

Inside the Year-Long Effort to Restore the...

October 7, 2021

The Chicago Saturday Evening Herald announced it to be a “gigantic and stately achievement” and “the handsomest conceivable memorial to our grand exhibition.” The achievement in question was a timepiece, but not just any old clock. It was ornate, 11 feet tall and weighing nearly two tons, carved from American walnut embellished with silver-plated reliefs and golden figurines. The Exposition Clock, as it was known, had been commissioned by Queen Victoria as a gift to the United States on...

Resurrecting the Spudnut, America's Forgotten Halloween Treat

October 7, 2021

The rise of what was once the largest doughnut empire in the United States started at sea. When Bob Pelton, a drugstore clerk from Salt Lake City, returned home from his European tour as a baker in the U.S. navy in the 1930s, he had potato doughnuts on the brain. It wasn’t an original idea. Germans like to kick off their pre-Lenten revelry with platters of fastnachts, yeast-raised fritters often made with mashed potatoes. Similar recipes had already migrated...

Etruscan Necropolises of Tarquinia and Cervetari in...

October 7, 2021

A hill just outside the city of Tarquinia conceals a labyrinthine necropolis of the Ancient Etruscan civilization that lies beneath. The mysterious Etruscan civilization ruled the region of Erturia, an area that comprises modern-day Tuscany, Umbria, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Lombardy, and Campania. The city of Tarquinia (known to the Etruscans as “Tarchuna”) was one of its most powerful centers from the early Iron Age, until the civilization was conquered and assimilated into the Roman Empire in 396 B.C. The Etruscans...

Nørrelandskirkens Klokketårn (Church of Nørreland Bell Tower)...

October 7, 2021

Bell towers come in all shapes and sizes. Few of them, however, look as distinctive as the freestanding one belonging to the Church of Nørreland in Holstebro. Locals call it “the dovecot,” while others think it looks more like a box-shaped, UFO levitating high above the treetops. Designed by Danish architect couple Inger and Johannes Exner, the tower was erected in 1970 and was considered futuristic for the time. This opinion still lives on even today. The structure consists of...

Foresthill Bridge in Auburn, California

October 7, 2021

At 730 feet tall, the Foresthill Bridge is the fourth tallest bridge in the United States. Opened in 1973, this structure was built as part of the Auburn Dam Project. If completed, the dam would have filled the canyon below, submerging the roadway that connected the town of Foresthill to the outside world. The project was eventually canceled due to seismic and environmental concerns. However, the bridge is extensively used today and is a popular attraction. The steel structure...

Museo d'Arte Contemporanea all'Aperto di Maglione (MACAM)...

October 7, 2021

Imagine a museum with no tickets, no closing or opening times, and no preferred routes. Imagine a group of contemporary painters that in the 1980s decided to fill a town with drawings, sculptures, and bizarre artistic details. Well, that’s the history of Maglione. Located near Ivrea, Maglione is a really peculiar and interesting place. Upon entering the museum, visitors are surrounded by over 100 works of art: sculptures in the parks, frescos on the walls, paintings hidden in the...

The Long History of the Quest to...

October 7, 2021

Excerpted from Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams by Katie Ives (October 2021) with permission from the publisher, Mountaineers Books. All rights reserved. The idea of a summit taller than any known peak has long held a special allure for mountaineers. Early surveyors had mistakenly designated various Himalayan peaks as the highest mountain in the world, including Nanda Devi, Kangchenjunga, and K2. Those errors were corrected in the 1850s after Indian mathematician Radhanath Sikdar and his...

Podcast: Seashell Shrines and Bones with the...

October 7, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, Places editors Jonathan and Michelle are back again with a few new standout entries to the Atlas, including ancient ossuaries and a shrine covered in shells that’s far from the sea. We have a new book coming out! It’s called Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world’s edible wonders. Pre-order your copy, and...

The Historical Halloween Cake That Reveals Your...

October 6, 2021

On one recent Tuesday night, I texted my friend Katie and asked her to come over to make some fortune-telling flatbread. When she showed up, wary but game, I explained a bit more. We were going to bake a dumb cake. The name, by the way, isn’t meant to describe a poorly-thought-out pastry. Instead, it was the main event of a baking ritual conducted by young, unmarried women across the United Kingdom and North America from the 1700s up...

Palazzo d'Avalos in Procida, Italy

October 6, 2021

In 1560, Cardinal Innico D’Aragona commissioned the construction of Palazzo D’Avalos in Procida to architects Benvenuto Tortelli and Gianbattista Cavagna. This palace was to become his residence, and as such it was meant to be an impregnable fortress as well as an elegant Renaissance residence. In 1734 the Borbone took possession of Procida, turning it into a hunting site. Towards the end of the 18th century, after the proclamation of the Neapolitan Republic, the Palazzo D’Avalos was closed and...

Museu da Marioneta (Museum of Puppetry) in...

October 6, 2021

Enter this grand old building, a convent built in the 1600s by permission of King John IV of Portugal, and slip behind the curtain into Lisbon‘s only museum dedicated to the history of puppetry. Visitors are transported across the world and throughout the ages while traversing this building’s dark corridors. The lights illuminate the tableaus of puppets, their expressions formed from every conceivable material. Even without puppeteers, they appear life-like, their faces full of action and intention. Along the way, pause...

In Search of Nímbulos, Guardians of Costa...

October 6, 2021

It was around midnight when biologist Paola Muñoz awoke to the sounds of children laughing as pots and pans clattered to the kitchen floor. She listened from her room to an adult voice scolding the mischief-makers. It was followed by the whack of a broom and the barking of Alaska, the resident dog of the field station where she was staying, high in the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica. In the morning, she asked the station’s caretaker about the...

St. Neot Holy Well in St Neot,...

October 6, 2021

St Neot, was a Saxon monk thatsettled in the Cornish village of Hamstoke (later named after him), in hopes of an isolated life of prayer. According to legend, approving of Neot’s devotion to the faith, God sent an angel to the solitary saint to share that, to support Neot’s isolated existence, God would provide for his needs. The angel informed Neot that he could find three fish at all times within the local well. Neot was told that each...

Traveller’s Final Home in Lexington, Virginia

October 6, 2021

At Washington and Lee University, not far from where Robert E. Lee and his famous war horse are interred, is the original brick structure that served as Traveller’s final, post-war stable. Often referred to as the most famous horse from the Civil War, Traveller was a 16-hand, gray saddlebred known for his remarkable speed and endurance. Confederate General Robert E. Lee purchased Traveller in 1862 and they were inseparable until Lee’s death in 1871. When Lee served as President...

Bostwick House in Bladensburg, Maryland

October 6, 2021

Charles Lowndes was an English merchant who arrived in Maryland in the 1930s as a representative for Liverpool merchants Henry and Edward Trafford. Lowndes established himself as a prominent figure in the early days of Bladensburg, scooping up several of the 60 lots, one acre each, purchased by the Town Commissioners in 1742. His estate, the Bostwick House, was constructed on the property. Lowndes had numerous business interests, including his own trading company, and a shipyard. He also took...

341 of 582
« Previous
1
…
339
340
341
342
343
…
582
Next »

© 2021 BrandMoiAhora. All Rights Reserved

Powered by Curiosity