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In Wisconsin, Christmas Calls for Raw Meat...

December 22, 2020

Jessica Sutton didn’t know there was anything unusual about her family’s holiday tradition until she started bringing boyfriends home for Christmas. She grew up on a farm with strong German roots in Howards Grove, a small town in southeastern Wisconsin. To her Christmas Eve always meant performing “O Christmas Tree” in German at the church Christmas pageant by candlelight, followed by “a little Christmas gathering of the immediate family where we had cookies, nuts, and, of course, cannibal sandwiches.”...

How the Pandemic Is Transforming Britain's Historic...

December 22, 2020

In November 2020, Adam Penford and his cast were doing in-person technical rehearsals for Cinderella, Nottingham Playhouse’s annual pantomime show, when he heard the news that the theater wouldn’t be allowed to open as planned at the beginning of December. It wasn’t entirely unexpected—the show’s opening had already been pushed back a week because of COVID-19 restrictions—but it was unwelcome news nonetheless. The Playhouse has been producing pantomimes—a uniquely British family theater tradition with roots in Italian commedia dell’arte,...

Monument to Miantonomo in Norwich, Connecticut

December 22, 2020

It’s said that Miantonomo, chief of the Narraganset people, fled on foot from his enemies during a conflict that eventually turned into a war between the Narraganset and Mohegans. In his attempt to escape, it’s rumored that he was cornered at the top of a cliff by Yantic Falls. He leaped over the falls and miraculously made it to the other side, but suffered a broken leg. The folk tale diverges here. Some stories say that Uncas (the Mohegan...

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Mission Church...

December 22, 2020

Once a booming mining town in the late 1800s, Hachita, New Mexico is now relegated to a “Census Designated Place” with between 25 and 50 residents. The post office is all that keeps this nearly abandoned town from falling off the map. There are no gas stations or grocery stores. However, the most noticeable feature is the Church of St. Catherine of Siena. Rising up from the desert and framed by the Little Hatchet mountains in the background, St....

'Ajdovska Deklica' ('Heathen Maiden') in Slovenia

December 22, 2020

In Slovenian, ajd literally means “heathen.” The rock formation of “Ajdovska Deklica” is usually known as the “Heathen Maiden” in English. Traditionally, it also denotes a supernatural quality. According to folklore, the maiden was a good-hearted villager who often guided travelers through snowstorms. In some renditions, she is described as a nymph or forest spirit. The maiden also had prophetic abilities and could foretell the fates of unborn babies. One day, she prophesized about a boy who would grow to become a...

Istanbul Airport Museum in Arnavutköy, Turkey

December 22, 2020

With approximately 11,000 square feet of exhibit space, the new Istanbul Airport Museum offers an alternative to shopping and airport lounges for travelers with a long layover. First opened in July, 2020, the museum brings together hundreds of objects from museums across Turkey. It’s designed to help globetrotters experience a comprehensive cross-section of history, art, and culture in a single visit. Passengers should keep a keen lookout for signs directing them to the museum, which is on the second floor...

The Old Country Store and Museum in...

December 22, 2020

This store is more than a shopping experience as it also showcases the history of country stores. The Old Country Store and Museum in Moultonboro, New Hampshire is the epitome of a classic country store. Inside is filled with penny candy, locally made jams, maple syrup, and pickles in a giant barrel. However, it’s what’s housed upstairs that is truly a surprise. The attic is home to a little museum dedicated to these small, rural stores from a bygone...

Ponte dei Trepponti (Trepponti Bridge) in Comacchio,...

December 22, 2020

The city of Comacchio is located on a branch of the Po river. Inhabited since ancient times, this town has always been one of the major cultural centers in the region. Contested by many local powers for centuries, Comacchio was governed by the Papal States in the 16th-century. During this time, an urban renovation project managed by architect Luca Danese took place in Comacchio. The town was raided multiple times during the previous decades, which forced Comacchio to construct...

This Christmas Punch Requires a Formerly Forbidden...

December 21, 2020

This month, Gastro Obscura is sharing the recipes and stories behind amazing holiday dishes and drinks from around the world in the ongoing series “Home-Cooked Holidays.” In Mexico, ponche Navideño—or Christmas punch—is a holiday classic, served up at parties and posadas, neighborhood-wide re-enactments of Mary and Joseph seeking shelter for the birth of Jesus. “Christmas in particular has so many foods and rituals attached to it. So you would have your ponche and your tamales,” says Lesley Téllez, a...

Why Winemakers Are Adding Seawater to Their...

December 21, 2020

For more than two decades, Hervé Durand has been offering visitors the opportunity to travel back in time some 2,000 years. Not by operating a time machine. Instead, he hands out glasses of wine. Each year, on the second Sunday in September, Durand leads an “experimental archaeological adventure” at his Mas des Tourelles vineyard in the lower Rhône valley. In partnership with the French National Center for Scientific Research, he turns his harvest into wines that taste like Roman...

Mas des Tourelles in Beaucaire, France

December 21, 2020

Located in a partially excavated and reconstructed Gallo-Roman villa, Mas des Tourelles offers the chance to sip a glass of wine that recreates the taste of ancient Greece or Rome. Although the winery also produces Syrah and other modern wines, its most interesting offerings are made by following the detailed notes and records of Pliny the Elder, Lucius Moderatus Columella, and other notable writers of the Roman world. In partnership with archaeologists, owner Hervé Durand reconstructed the Roman vineyard and...

Fick Fossil and History Museum in Oakley,...

December 21, 2020

Visitors may think the fossilized sea creatures seem a bit fishy when first visiting the land-locked Fick Fossil and History Museum. That is until they learn they are actually the remains of strange and unique creatures that populated the oceans millions of years ago. Western Kansas was located at the bottom of the ancient Western Interior Seaway. The huge sea creatures that lived and died in that waterway left their remains in the chalky, rock formations of the high...

Memorial to Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio

December 21, 2020

On November 22, 2014, a 911 caller reported a child playing with a gun, allegedly pointing it at others in the park at Cudell Commons on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio. Within seconds of officers arriving on the scene at 3:30 pm., one officer unloaded his weapon and shot Tamir Rice in the stomach. Rice was transported by ambulance to MetroHealth Hospital, where the 12-year-old died several hours later. After the shooting, it was revealed that Rice had...

Causey Arch in Stanley, England

December 21, 2020

Considered the first railway bridge in the world, the Causey Arch and the Tanfield Railway is an important part of England‘s industrial past. By the 1720s, coal mining in northeast England had spread inland, and coal from the collieries had to be transported to keelboats and colliers on the River Tyne. A network of horse-drawn railways called wagonways were designed to link collieries with the main wagonway on the River Tyne. The Tanfield Railway route from Tanfield Colliery in...

Clochoderick Stone in Renfrewshire, Scotland

December 21, 2020

As the story goes, a giant was hiking through Scotland when a stone became stuck in his shoe. He plucked the stone out and left it behind. That massive rock came to be known as the Clochoderick Stone. This is just one of many legends surrounding the stone that measures 12 feet high and 17 feet across. The first documented account of the Clochodrick Stone dates back to 1204, where it was believed to be the final resting place...

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