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Beehive Brick Kiln in Lorton, Virginia

April 26, 2021

Many famous buildings in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. owe their longevity and fortitude to red bricks that were made in this kiln or eight others like it situated within the nearby Occoquan Workhouse. The last of these giant kills standing along the banks of the Occoquan River and taking point of pride in Occoquan Regional Park, next to the nicely designed visitor center. The nearly 100-year-old kiln produced millions upon millions of bricks between 1910 and 1967, including...

How to Kill a Zombie Fire

April 26, 2021

This story originally appeared in Wired and is reproduced here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Humanity’s got a full-tilt zombie outbreak on its hands. As the world warms and certain regions—particularly the Arctic—dry, so does the super fuel known as peat. It’s basically concentrated carbon from dead plants, and it burns not at all like your typical Californian or Australian wildfire. Instead of sending towering flames upward, a peat fire burns in the opposite direction, smoldering deep...

Podcast: The 49th Parallel

April 26, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, a listener takes us to a border town like no other, a fishing village in between Washington and Canada. 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...

Who Owns Appalachia's Greatest Natural Light Show?

April 23, 2021

Clyde Sorenson had a hunch. Archival data from the North Carolina Entomological Museum’s collection had led him to suspect that some of the fireflies atop Grandfather Mountain in western North Carolina might be more than the average lightning bug. An entomologist at North Carolina State University, Sorenson is the sort of college professor who challenges his students to write a Shakespearean sonnet praising their favorite insect. He headed up to the mountains in the summer of 2019, and while...

Jim Murray Memorial in Newmains, Scotland

April 23, 2021

Situated beside Newmains roundabout resides a fitting tribute to James “Jim” Murray, a local boxer who lost his life following a brain injury while competing in a boxing match. Born in a small village in Lanarkshire, Murray gained a reputation for his formidable punches and relentless spirit in the ring as he made a name for himself in the Scottish boxing world before turning professional in March 1993. It was on the evening of October 13, 1995, when this...

The Weeping Icon of Saint Nicholas in...

April 23, 2021

Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral is the spiritual center of Tarpon Spring’s Greek community and the annual epiphany celebration, which is said to be the largest such event in the western hemisphere. Its Byzantine/Gothic Revival architectural style and domed main building are based on the Hagia Sophia. It also happens to be the home of a painting that allegedly sheds tears for no logical reason. It was a cleaning woman who first noticed droplets of moisture around the eyes...

Did Climate Change Cause a Flood of...

April 23, 2021

Today in Italy, the scenic Serchio River winds its way for nearly 80 miles through lush Tuscan countryside. Stretches of the river are popular for whitewater rafting, but the modern Serchio is not a particularly dangerous or destructive river. Long ago, however, it raged. During the sixth century, the river frequently flooded the town of Lucca, which sits on a floodplain in its path. According to a local legend that persists today, Lucca was saved by St. Fridianus, an...

Cittadella of Alessandria in Alessandria, Italy

April 23, 2021

The Cittadella is a large fort in the city of Alessandria in Piedmont, Northern Italy. Currently, it stands as one of the best-preserved fortresses designed in the modern era. The construction of the star fort of Alessandria began in the early 18th-century, when, after the War of the Spanish Succession, the House of Savoy took control of the city. The fort, part of a larger defense system all around the domains of the Savoy family, was built starting in...

The Black Prince in Leeds, England

April 23, 2021

Although he has no connection with the city, Edward, The Black Prince sits in the city center of Leeds. A large bronze statue captures the war hero and eldest son of Edward III. Sculpted by artist Thomas Brook, Edward of Woodstock was named the Black Prince after his death, due to the color of much of his armor. The statue took seven years to complete and was forged in Belgium as there was no forge in Britain large enough...

Shiprock, Palm Springs in Palm Springs,...

April 23, 2021

For visitors riding along HWY 111 West about four miles outside of downtown Palm Springs, they may notice a rock feature that appears out of place. Shiprock gained its name from its uncanny resemblance to a Spanish galleon. Shiprock formed at the bottom of a prehistoric tropical sea over 250 million years ago. Layers of silt and decaying sea organisms were compressed, heated, and slowly moved northward for thousands of miles along the west side of the San Andreas...

Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, New...

April 23, 2021

Frederic Remington is best known for his “Bronco Buster” statues and paintings depicting cowboys of the American West. Born in Canton, New York, Remington went on to travel the country as an illustrator for Harper’s Bazaar before becoming a sculptor. A true cowboy, he absolutely loved the frontier and collected materials to use as props for his illustrations paintings, and sculptures at his New Rochelle, New York Studio. Remington’s fame made him a favorite of Western Army officers fighting the...

Scientists Want Your Help Stalking Billions of...

April 22, 2021

Every now and then, as daylight wanes in May or June in Ohio, the dim glow of a porch light might play tricks on you. At the margins of the beam, it may appear that the grass is waving. You might figure it’s just the wind, and most years, you’d probably be right. But other years, 2021 included, the swaying will be caused by insects—scads of them. When the cicadas of Brood X emerge from the soil after 17...

80,000 Snails, 12 Tiny Electric Fences, and...

April 22, 2021

“They call me the Queen of Snails,” Lyn Paxman says with a laugh as she guides me through her Somerset farm’s snail pens. As she talks about her free-range molluscs, she readies tiny electric fences and lays down salt traps for the approaching summer snail-herding season. Last year, Paxman’s prized Helix Aspersa Müller (the common garden snail) escaped and made short work of her vegetable patch. This year, she’s fortifying the farm. Eating snails fell out of fashion long...

Old Fourah Bay College in Freetown, Sierra...

April 22, 2021

Created in 1827, this was the first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa, and the first high-level institution since one located in Timbuktu collapsed. According to UNESCO, “The Old Fourah Bay College is perhaps the single most influential institution in Africa in accounting for the penetration and acceleration of the spread of Western education on the continent.” The building was used until the late-20th-century. It also once housed the Sierra Leone Government Railway headquarters, and later the Magistrate court. During...

Taiyoshi Hyakuban in Osaka, Japan

April 22, 2021

Taiyoshi Hyakuban opened in the Taisho era over a century ago in the largest red-light district in western Japan, Tobita Shinchi. Like many brothels of that era, it assumed the form of a ryōtei, a luxurious Japanese-style restaurant to avoid detection. Over time, it ceased its operations as a brothel and became a traditional Japanese eatery. Historically, red-light districts in Japan were characterized by their otherworldly extravagance, not unlike the bathhouse depicted in the 2001 film Spirited Away. The shrine-style exterior alone is...

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