Travel Archives - Page 413 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

Stagg Hall in Port Tobacco, Maryland

May 27, 2021

Standing adjacent to the town square in historic Port Tobacco, Maryland, this gambrel-roofed building is one of only three 18th-century buildings still standing in Port Tobacco. Constructed in the mid-1700s for tobacco merchant John Parnham, the house has an interesting past, including one entire room being disassembled and reassembled at The Art Institute Of Chicago in 1930. However, the building was eventually purchased back and painstakingly reassembled in its original location. Stagg Hall was added to the National Register...

Podcast: Jatinga Bird Deaths

May 27, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit an Indian village that’s home to one of the world’s oldest and greatest ornithological mysteries. 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. Join us daily, Monday...

Los Angeles Is Covered in Delicious Fruit...

May 27, 2021

Los Angeles does, contrary to what some believe, have seasons; they just aren’t the same as those in the Northeast or Midwest. There isn’t really a fall or a winter. Instead, there’s Fire Season, Rainy Three Weeks, and June Gloom, among others. But there’s another way to measure the passage of time: by fruit. We’re not talking about what’s in the farmer’s markets, but what’s growing on the streets, in parking lots, in plots of land that may or...

How to Have a Very German Tea...

May 27, 2021

It may come as a surprise to hear that coffee is Germany’s most popular drink, rather than beer. The population, on average, consumes 6.5 kilos (14.3 pounds) of coffee per person, annually. But in one tiny German region, another brew entirely reigns supreme. East Frisia, located in the German state of Lower Saxony, is intensely proud of its long-held tea tradition. In fact, a German tea association once estimated that East Frisians drink more tea than anyone else on...

Suguksa Temple in Seoul, South Korea

May 26, 2021

The gold glimmers between the buildings as cars drive by. Suguksa Temple sits in an assuming neighborhood in northwestern Seoul where tourists are few and far between. When the light catches the golden temple just right, it’s a glorious sight. The temple was built in 1459 after Crown Prince Uigyeong died at the age of 20. His father, King Sejo, had the temple, originally named Jeonginsa, built in the prince’s honor. In 1712, the temple was designated as the guardian...

Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife...

May 26, 2021

The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center, located on the campus of Fairmont State University, has been open to the public since its 2011 remodel. Its original usage was designated as a barn for storing animals and hay during the winter months, but was eventually turned into an apartment complex. Since the early 2010s, this location has been a preserver, storer, and identifier of anything folklore related, primarily focusing on the culture of West Virginia and the...

Round Falls in Baltimore, Maryland

May 26, 2021

Down a short, rough-hewn path from the woods near Druid Hill Park, a sudden expanse of the Jones Falls stream opens up to the 10-foot-tall, semicircle remains of a former grist mill dam. Falling into slow-moving, swirling patterns at the base of the man-made dam, the rushing water at Round Falls ultimately flow into Baltimore‘s Inner Harbor. Even most Baltimoreans don’t know about the oasis in the middle of the city at Round Falls, let alone how to get...

Eklutna Tailrace in Palmer, Alaska

May 26, 2021

Visitors to Palmer, Alaska often drive right past one of the area’s quirkiest and eclectic treasures. Part technical marvel, part fishing hole, and part dump, the Eklutna tailrace combines a trove of features that showcases the unique resourcefulness of Alaska’s residents. The pure turquoise waters of the Eklutna tailrace host a robust fishery of King and Silver Salmon, so it’s most frequented by anglers trying to catch a big one. The annual salmon derby frequently draws crowds. But those...

Burial Place of Chief Pontiac in St....

May 26, 2021

Long before the creation of the car that bears the same name, Pontiac was the name that English settlers in North America gave to an Ottawa chief who fought against colonial advancement. His real name was Obwandiyag, and he led warriors from 18 First Nations in one of the most successful resistance efforts in North American history. Obwandiyag led unifying efforts among Indigenous populations across the American Midwest to fight against colonial advancement by British and French forces. The resistance...

The Burryman in Edinburgh, Scotland

May 26, 2021

For one day in August, the residents and visitors of South Queensferry in Edinburgh, Scotland, are treated to a rather unusual display. A man is dressed from head to toe in burrs, a prickly part of a plant that is similar to thistles, and paraded around this port town along the Firth of Forth estuary. The exact origins of this spectacle have been lost to the mists of time, but there is speculation that is deeply rooted in folklore...

Stone Pagoda of Hwaeomsa in Gurye-gun, South...

May 26, 2021

Hwaeomsa, or the “Flower Garland Temple” is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is home to Korean National Treasure No. 35: the Four-Lion Three-Story Stone Pagoda. It is thought that this pagoda dates from the golden age of the Unified Silla Period but this is not known for sure. It is thought of as a non-standard pagoda because of its atypical shape and design. Among non-standard pagodas, it is considered to have a higher degree of...

The Gloup Disaster Memorial in Shetland Islands,...

May 26, 2021

On July 20, 1881, 10 fishing boats were caught in a storm while traversing the North Sea. Six of these were sixareens, a multi-compartment vessel widely used since the 1700s. Sixareens were used on a collective type of fishery known as haaf, based on the actual haafs that were land stations where fish were processed and salted for export. The haaf system involved the entire town, as children, women, and older men assisted with the salting and drying process....

Beryl Markham's Landing Site in Main-a-dieu, Nova...

May 26, 2021

Beryl Markham was born in 1902 into a pastoral English village. At the age of four, she moved with her father to Kenya; she developed a taste for adventure as she grew, and was soon raising her own horses. That taste for adventure also led her to learn to fly; she was one of the first bush pilots in Kenya. In 1936, she took off from a field in Addington, England on an ambitious solo flight to New York....

This Rugged Coastline Is Not What It...

May 26, 2021

If you want to ride the waves along this rugged coastline, you’re going to need a very, very tiny surfboard. What appears to be a gull’s-eye view of the ocean crashing on a rocky shore is actually a microscopic image of a gem called a prase opal. The green part of the specimen is the opal, while the brown “coastline” is the host rock, “a silica and iron-altered serpentinite,” says professional gemologist Nathan Renfro, who captured the image. “The...

Podcast: Library of Mistakes

May 26, 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 carefully curated collection of miscalculations in Edinburgh, Scotland, that serves as a warning for our gullibility, especially when it comes to money. 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...

413 of 582
« Previous
1
…
411
412
413
414
415
…
582
Next »

© 2021 BrandMoiAhora. All Rights Reserved

Powered by Curiosity