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Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum in Corbin,...

January 21, 2021

This white, gabled KFC could be mistaken for a particularly good-looking roadside fast-food restaurant, were it not for the fact that it’s on the National Register of Historic Places. This building was the first place to sell what would become known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, and a yellow neon sign with the restaurant’s original name, the Sanders Cafe, still retains pride of place. To be fair, the first place where Colonel Harland Sanders served food to customers was across...

The Museum Treating Home Cooking as Fine...

January 21, 2021

Like most things this year, the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ Reclamation exhibition did not go as initially planned. Curator and director of public programs Melani N. Douglass wanted to treat kitchen labor—the often-invisible daily work that disproportionately falls on women and feminine people—as high art. She envisioned an exhibition centered around kitchen-like spaces physically installed at the D.C. museum. When the pandemic struck, however, the museum moved the show online. The result is a digital exhibition...

Mapmaking Taught Skiing’s ‘Rembrandt of Snow’ the...

January 21, 2021

Skiers might not know James Niehues’s name, but they have probably studied his maps. Over a decades-long career, the 75-year-old has hand-painted trail maps for over 200 ski resorts across the U.S. as well as a few in farther-flung places including British Columbia, Serbia, and New Zealand. The so-called “Rembrandt of Snow” stumbled into his mapmaking career in 1987, shortly after moving with his wife and kids to Denver from Grand Junction, Colorado. Desperate for graphic design work, he...

Mayhew Lodge in Sedona, Arizona

January 21, 2021

Deep in Oak Creek Canyon, a trail meanders among the crumbling remains of some stone buildings. Mostly forgotten and partially consumed by vegetation, these former buildings were the home to some unusual occupants and visitors. In the 1870s, before there was even a road through the canyon, Jesse Jefferson “Bear” Howard constructed the first cabin on the site. Howard was a hunter who moved to the area to settle a score with the local wildlife. His friend was mauled...

4 Expert Tips to Select the Right...

January 21, 2021

From a look and feel perspective all chatbots look similar. However, some will deliver excellent service to your guests, others will generate frustration. If you want to make the right choice for your hotel or group make sure to look for these essential decision criteria. This article provides you with 4 tips that will help The post 4 Expert Tips to Select the Right Chatbot for Your Hotel appeared first on Revfine.com.

Côa Museum in Vila Nova de...

January 21, 2021

This building resembles a large outcrop emerging from the soil. It houses a trove of information about the prehistoric world that existed in the Côa River valley. During the early 1990s, a discovery was made along the banks of the Côa River. Researchers found several locations where flat rock faces above the river contained prehistoric rock art. Unfortunately at the time of this find, plans were underway to build a dam at the mouth of the river to flood...

Sycamore Gap in Henshaw, England

January 21, 2021

Hadrian’s Wall is one of the most famous historical sites in the British Isles. Construction began around 122 CE and the wall stretched for 73 miles across northern England. It once marked the edge of the Roman Empire. Several sections and fortifications of the wall remain today and are a popular tourist attraction. However, one site owes its interest more to Hollywood than to the ancient Romans. There are several natural channels in the wall carved by glacial meltwater. In...

Waffle House Museum in Decatur, Georgia

January 20, 2021

On September 5, 1955, friends Joe Rogers and Tom Forkner opened a diner in this Decatur building. The chain restaurant they founded, Waffle House, is now spread across the South, famously never closing their doors save for act-of-God weather events. But the very first Waffle House did close its doors for a time, serving as a series of other businesses before the company bought it back and opened a private museum in the building in 2008. From the outside,...

Dunald Mill Limestone Quarry in Nether Kellet,...

January 20, 2021

Dunald Mill Quarry is one of the many quarries found in the area surrounding the neighboring villages of Nether Kellet and Over Kellet. While the largest quarry in the area, Back Lane Quarry, is still operational, Dunald Mill Quarry operations ceased in 2008. Dunald Mill Quarry is actually composed of two quarries, with roads connecting to the local villages. Neither are active, as the western quarry has been flooded for years and continues to collect water. From the public...

Zhou Enlai's Former Residence in Huangpu Qu,...

January 20, 2021

In 1946, Zhou Enlai, the first premier of the People’s Republic of China, briefly lived in this former French Concession villa. The home is located just a few doors down from Sun Yat-sen’s former residence. Considered an influential revolutionary, Enlai worked closely with Mao Zedong as the first Premier of the People’s Republic of China until his death. Enlai was beloved by most accounts. Enlai spent his time at the residence giving press conferences and even received the United States...

George Mason's Gunston Hall in Lorton,...

January 20, 2021

George Mason was a semi-retired farmer who rarely left Virginia or got involved in politics. But Mason had become fed up with the political landscape in the colonies. Mason blazed his own trail in the formation of our government and refused to sign the Constitution. He felt it lacked assurances of individual freedom. The document he eventually created for his home state, the Virginia Declaration of Rules, became the framework for the Bill of Rights. Thanks to his stubbornness, the...

National Museum of Ancient Art in...

January 20, 2021

How can a large art museum in a popular European capital be considered a hidden gem? To be sure, Lisbon’s National Museum of Ancient Art doesn’t have the name recognition or media exposure of the city’s other major art institutions. Nevertheless, it offers museumgoers the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in Portuguese culture and its connection to the wider world. The museum’s attractions begin with its façade, painted gold and complete with a stately baroque entryway. Once inside, visitors...

Indian Stones in Reading, Vermont

January 20, 2021

Nestled deep within the rollings hills of Vermont at an unsuspecting pullout on Route 106, stands a granite slab not terribly different from those used as headstones. What makes these commemorative stones so special is their engravings that shed a fascinating light on some of the region’s history. In 1754, a group of Abenaki Native Americans attacked Fort No. 4 in Charlestown, New Hampshire during the French and Indian War. Taking a small group of prisoners, including Captain James...

Penny Rock in Montrose, Pennsylvania

January 20, 2021

Salt Springs State Park near Montrose has spectacular waterfalls and hiking trails along with the namesake Salt Springs. The Onondaga people of the area used its salt for food and as a valuable trade asset. Near one of these springs is the start of the Hemlock Trail, which leads up a hillside to an old-growth grove of tall hemlock trees, estimated to be over 300 years old. In the serenity of this grove is a large boulder known as...

Secrets From Tel Aviv’s ‘Eclectic’ Era Are...

January 19, 2021

Some time during the 1920s, poet Hayim Nahman Bialik took an unauthorized shortcut through the grounds of Jacob Gluska’s construction factory. Gluska’s brother caught Bialik on the property and rebuked him. Bialik, an arrogant Tel-Avivian who was also Israel’s national poet, did not appreciate the remark, and they came to blows. In 2009, almost a hundred years after the slap that stopped Bialik from taking any more factory shortcuts, Bialik’s home was restored to its former grandeur and opened...

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