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The World's Oldest Football in Stirling, Scotland

June 8, 2021

Just below Castle Rock, beneath the westerly shadows of Stirling Castle, lies the Stirling Stewart Museum. Among all the various displays and artifacts that tell the history of this town that was once the seat of the royal residence, lies an item of particular importance. Showcased in plexiglass and surrounded by an information board that includes a certificate of authenticity, sits a rather diminutive artifact. Sitting on a piece of green velvet lies a round object constructed from some...

Grey Towers Castle in Glenside, Pennsylvania

June 8, 2021

Grey Towers Castle, located in Glenside, Pennsylvania was inspired by Alnwick Castle in England. The castle was constructed by notable architect Horace Trumbauer in 1893 for the estate of William Welsh Harrison and his family. Trumbauer also added a gatehouse and stables to the property for the family. The facade of the castle is decorated with gargoyles and other staples of Gothic architecture. The interior of the home was inspired by French aesthetics, particularly the French Renaissance era. Within the...

Lake Havasu Lighthouses in Lake Havasu City,...

June 8, 2021

Located on the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert, Lake Havasu City is home to more lighthouses than any other city in the United States. There are 28 fully-functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses, built and maintained by the Lake Havasu Lighthouse Club. Originally conceived as a way to improve safety for the many boaters on Lake Havasu, the lighthouses became an attraction of their own and a labor of love for the Lake Havasu Lighthouse Club. The first...

Podcast: Bolton Strid

June 8, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a small section of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire, England, often called “the deadliest body of water on Earth.” 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 can Hotels get the Best ROI...

June 8, 2021

Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel With many marketing budgets facing cuts, how can hotels drive the best ROI possible? Our Marketing Expert Panel Susanne Williams – Performance and Revenue Director, Journey Hospitality Reshan Jayamanne – Digital Marketing & Sales Strategist, Bnb Optimized Andrew Kavanagh – Group The post How can Hotels get the Best ROI from their Marketing Budgets? appeared first on Revfine.com.

One Biologist’s 20-Year Mission to Save Angola’s...

June 8, 2021

The giant sable bull arrived dangling beneath a sunny-yellow helicopter, its four-foot-long horns curving back toward its flanks like the bucket of a backhoe. As it came into view, the hundreds of people who had been waiting to greet the massive antelope at the dry, grassy edge of Angola’s Luanda Strict Nature Reserve broke into tears, song, laughter, dancing. For the Angolan people, the giant sable is a national symbol, adorning everything from soccer jerseys to postage stamps. But...

The Chef Cooking a Cicada Recipe for...

June 8, 2021

The sun is setting in Princeton, New Jersey, and Joseph Yoon is plucking cicadas off the grave of Aaron Burr. Princeton Cemetery is the final resting place of the infamous politician who killed Alexander Hamilton. This May and June, it’s also been home to a group of Brood X cicadas. On this night, cicada nymphs crawl across 18th-century stone engravings, adults flutter from grave to grave, and empty, molted shells crunch underfoot. The cemetery is an apt location for...

Pooseum in Richmond, Australia

June 7, 2021

Did you know that some species of caterpillar can launch their poo up to four feet away from themselves? That fun fact is what inspired Karin Koch to open the Pooseum, a small science museum in Australia dedicated to animal droppings. Stool samples aplenty are seen—not smelled—including the bizarre square-shaped droppings of wombats, the fur- and bone-riddled scat of a lion, and the petrified mass of a dinosaur turd. Information panels provide everything you have ever wanted to know about...

The Footlight Club in Boston, Massachusetts

June 7, 2021

The Footlight Club has been entertaining the Boston area since 1877. According to the American Association of Community Theatre, it is the oldest, continuously producing community theater in the United States. The idea for this theater started in December 1876, at the home of 19-year-old Caroline Morse. During a local meeting she “proposed starting a theater club of serious intent.” At a meeting the following January, the committee considered organizing a dramatic club. There were 25 founding members who...

Sagano Scenic Railway in Kyoto, Japan

June 7, 2021

It is hard to think of Kyoto without associating it with the green lushness of Arashiyama Bamboo Forest. Yet, the Sagano Scenic Train, also known as Sagano Romantic Train, is often overlooked by visitors who disembark at the same station for a day trip to the bamboo forest. For those unaware, the train seems to be bound for residential towns beyond a small forest—and yet, this is exactly where its modest beauty lies. Trace the route of the Sagano...

Isola dei Fiori di Loto (Lotus Island)...

June 7, 2021

On the surface of Lago Superiore (Lake Superior), one of the three lakes surrounding the city of Mantua, lies the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia. Known as Isola dei Fiori di Loto, or Lotus Island, it is a floating island split by small waterway that allows boats to cross. The lotus, Nelumbium nucifera, rise up from the water with large leaves and stunning flowers in shades of pale pink and white. These unique plants have adapted to...

La Balena della Val di Zena in...

June 7, 2021

What would you say if going up the ridge of a hill, 80 kilometers from the sea, you encountered a giant whale? It’s less unlikely than you think, and a nine-meter sculpture of a whale is exactly what hikers can encounter in the vicinity of Gorgognano, in the Zena Valley, about 30 kilometers from Bologna. The sculpture is a monument to an ancient whale whose remains were discovered in this unlikely spot. Between three and five million years ago,...

Batad Rice Paddies in Banaue, Philippines

June 7, 2021

Landscape shaped by rice paddy farming is often associated or even equated with idyllic rural beauty. There are times when the rice paddies are truly a mesmerizing sight, and those found in Batad belong to this category. These paddies form a majestic amphitheater, with the Batad village at the base. The first terraces in Batad were carved out of the surrounding hills by the Ifugao people at least 2,000 years ago. These were eventually built upon and expanded generation...

In Turkey's Taurus Mountains, Farms Look Like...

June 7, 2021

Rising up just inland from Turkey’s southern coast, the Taurus Mountains are as beautiful as they are rugged. Even Alexander the Great found the range formidable: He famously failed to conquer Termessos, a city nestled in the range at more than 3,000 feet above sea level. Researchers have designated much of the region as “marginal” landscape for human habitation and productivity. So it might be surprising to learn the mountainous area is one of the country’s agricultural strongholds. Small,...

Making Sense of the Great Whip Spider...

June 7, 2021

This story was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. About 18 years ago, Andrea Colla got an unusual request. Would he come survey the fauna of a Nazi air-raid shelter? Even by entomologists’ standards, the task was weird. This warren lay under the Italian city of Trieste, and it was built in secret between 1943 and 1944 at the orders of a war criminal who wanted a subterranean escape route from...

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