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Cool Crest Miniature Golf in San Antonio,...

April 19, 2021

Supposedly, Cool Crest got its name from the sloping hillside that it was built on and that even in the hot Texas climate, it manages to catch a breeze that always makes it feel nice and cool. There are two courses on the premises: the “Old Course” circa 1929 and the “New Course” circa 1957. The “Old Course” is one of the oldest operating miniature golf courses in the world. Retired trucker Harold Metzger and his wife Maria, leased...

Arnie Lillo in Good Thunder, Minnesota

April 19, 2021

The front and back yard of this metal shop is filled with various works of art. Some of the choice pieces visitors will find are the “World’s Largest Firing Rifle,” a replica of the Eiffel Tower, flowers, insects, eagles, a functioning locomotive, Noah’s Arch (with audio recordings about the Arch), and even a massive horseshoe archway. The works vary in size, detail, and scale. Lillo even spent the better part of a year constructing the infamous shootout involving the James-Younger...

The Tales Layered Inside Narwhal Tusks

April 19, 2021

This story was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Researchers have long debated what the 10-foot-long tooth that erupts from a narwhal’s head is actually for. Perhaps it has something to do with sexual selection, and males with longer horns attract more females. Or maybe the things sense salinity. Or perhaps a narwhal uses its tusk to flush out prey on the ocean bottom. Whatever the purpose, scientists know this for...

Big Stone Mini Golf in Minnetrista, Minnesota

April 19, 2021

After his hometown turned down his idea of a public course, Minnesota artist Bruce Stillman created a one-of-a-kind artist mini golf experience in his “front yard.” Between 2003 and 2012, Stillman built Big Stone, a 14-hole course on the Minnetrista property a little over 30 minutes west of Minneapolis near Lake Minnetonka. A mix of stone, metal, turf and other semi-organic materials form a course that looks nothing like the tourist town and seaside mini golf courses you might...

Fort Gorges in South Portland, Maine

April 19, 2021

After the War of 1812, several fortifications were proposed to protect Portland‘s harbor. The largest of which was Fort Gorges (pronounced gorgeous). The D-shaped granite fortress, modeled after Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, was constructed from 1858 to 1864. By the time of its completion, the Civil War-era design was completely obsolete, as its cannon holds were far too small for modern guns. After a failed modernization attempt in the 1870s, the fort sat empty and unused for nearly...

Why a Vancouver Cemetery Is Planting Squash,...

April 19, 2021

Trevor Crean considers himself a city slicker, but ever since he cofounded Heritage Gardens, a cemetery in Surrey, British Columbia, he’s learned to embrace the land. That’s because Crean, the director, oversees much more than burials. The family-owned and -operated business also has its own beehives, as well as a lush vegetable garden where resident gardener Stan Turner grows brussels sprouts, corn, and kale, as well as butternut and acorn squash, Stardust runner beans, loads of potatoes, and even...

Sukko Cypress Lake in Krai, Russia

April 19, 2021

In the middle of this lake grows a group of 32 cypress trees that reach nearly 98 feet (30 meters) in height. The trees in the lake belong to a species of swamp cypress, Taxodium distichum, which naturally grows in North America and around the Gulf of Mexico. These trees were introduced to Russia in the 1930s as an experiment. The grove in the lake was planted between 1934 and 1935. They rooted well in the warm climate and somehow...

Rozafa Castle in Shkodër, Albania

April 19, 2021

The area around the city of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania, has been inhabited since antiquity. The first fortification on the hill overlooking the town was constructed by Illyrian tribes as early as the 9th-century BCE. Since then, the area has been conquered by many different peoples and countries. The fort was taken by the Romans in a battle in 168 BCE and later passed down to the Byzantine Empire. After some centuries of local rule, the Venetians took the area...

Robber's Cave in Lincoln, Nebraska

April 19, 2021

Before being sealed from the public, Robber’s Cave had been a notorious hangout for 130 years. Since it was sealed for decades, many had forgotten the 5,600-foot long cave just beneath downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. Yes, people broke in over the years, but recently, the cave reopened for tours and visitors are able to descend several stories to tour its depths. Every inch of the soft Dakota sandstone walls are covered with names, initials, dates, band names, symbols, and Greek...

Podcast: Communist Mummies

April 19, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we take you on a tour of our favorite communist mummies. 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 through Thursday, to explore a new...

Are Flexible Revenue Management Conditions Due to...

April 19, 2021

Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: Are the recent booking condition changes (e.g. increased flexibility around cancellation policies, check-in and check-out) a temporary solution or a more permanent change for the hospitality industry? Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Christoph Hütter – Revenue Strategy Consultant, Christoph Hütter Revenue The post Are Flexible Revenue Management Conditions Due to COVID Here to Stay? appeared first on Revfine.com.

Biggest Hotel Learnings in Guest Communication due...

April 18, 2021

Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel What has been your biggest learning in guest communication over the past 12 months? Our Marketing Expert Panel Colleen Buckley – Hospitality Marketing Executive Reshan Jayamanne – Digital Marketing & Sales Strategist, Bnb Optimized Nicolas Lajambe – Head of Ecommerce, Freehand The post Biggest Hotel Learnings in Guest Communication due to Covid appeared first on Revfine.com.

The Mystery of the Mummified Bishop and...

April 16, 2021

In life, Peder Winstrup was a man of both god and science, and a practical politician who advocated for his city of Lund, in what is now southern Sweden. In death, the 17th-century bishop is still providing assistance—as well as a puzzle, hidden in the folds of his funerary garb, that researchers are only now beginning to solve. “This founding father, in one way, still lives, still contributes to modern society, through his coffin, through his body,” says Per...

Trying to Understand a Volcano's Jekyll-and-Hyde Eruptions

April 16, 2021

La Soufrière, the skyscraping volcano on the northern side of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, began exploding on April 9, 2021. At press time, no deaths had been recorded, but ash has smothered the entire island, causing power cuts, polluting waterways, and burying crops. The volcano upped the ante that day, but the eruption itself actually began way back in mid-to-late December, when a toothpaste tube–like mass of lava started oozing out of the volcano’s summit. It built...

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, Germany

April 16, 2021

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, or Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächniskirche, was originally constructed in the 1890s as part of the Protestant church-building program started by Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Victoria. They hoped that the program would launch a return to traditional religious values, a move away from the labor and socialist movements that were prevalent at the time. A competition was launched for the design of the church. The Neo-Romanesque design by Franz Schwechten was chosen as the winner....

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