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The Hidden History of the First Black...

December 15, 2020

When Jerri Bell first wrote about the Golden Fourteen, their story only took up a sentence. These 14 Black women were the first to serve in the U.S. Navy, and Bell, a former naval officer and historian with the Veteran’s Writing Project, included them in a book about women’s contributions in every American war, co-written with a former Marine. But even after the book was published, Bell couldn’t get their story out of her head. “It made me kind...

'Hvězdicová Kotelna' in Slaný, Czechia

December 15, 2020

This interesting building in the small Central Bohemian town of Slaný was constructed by architects Vratislav Růžička and Vlastibor Klimeš between 1970 and 1979. Originally, several tenement houses were located at the current site of the building. The structure is home to an oil and gas heating plant and is officially known as, Olejová kotelna K-39. However, due to the facility’s uniquely designed roof, locals dubbed the building “Hvězdicová kotelna” because of its starfish shape. The diameter of the building...

Pushing Profit Beyond the Guest Room in...

December 15, 2020

Hoteliers are under unforeseen pressure to make magic happen in the new year and get their profitability back on track. Three words: “Total Profit Optimisation.” You’ve likely heard them spoken before in hushed whispers. It’s the ever-elusive and seemingly unattainable holy grail of hotel revenue leadership. Maximising Your Business Revenues by Total Profit Optimisation Total The post Pushing Profit Beyond the Guest Room in 2021 appeared first on Revfine.com.

Enter For a Chance to Win a...

December 14, 2020

This winter, Atlas Obscura and Nissan will celebrate the spirit of rule-breaking “rogues” with Rogue Routes, a series of five experiences at wondrous locations celebrating the trailblazing spirit of iconoclasts, daredevils, innovators, and the 2021 Nissan Rogue. And now, with this giveaway, you’ll have a chance to take part of the experience home with you! To celebrate our partnership with Nissan, we’re giving away 10 copies of our exclusive new glove-box book, Rogue Routes, written by our cofounder Dylan...

Walraversijde in Ostend, Belgium

December 14, 2020

For several centuries, the village of Walraversjide (also called Raversyde) thrived through fishing and farming. Largely abandoned due to conflicts in the 16th century, it was not rediscovered until 1992. Since then, it has been meticulously studied and partially reconstructed, complete with medieval buildings and a history museum. According to archaeological evidence, the site had been active since Roman times, but the village is believed to have originated in the early 1200s. The villagers made a living by fishing...

The Water Clock in Rome, Italy

December 14, 2020

A hydrochronometer is a type of water clock. There are actually two of these extremely rare clocks located in Rome, the other is at Palazzo Berardi. Father Giovan Battista Embriaco was an inventor and professor at the College of St Thomas. Embriaco created this hydrochronometer in 1867, and after its completion, it was sent to the Paris Universal Exposition where it received several awards. The clock returned to Rome in 1873 and was placed on the Terrazza del Pincio in the...

Shiva Statue in Shankharapur, Nepal

December 14, 2020

Not far from the headwaters of the Manohara River, Shiva sits overlooking a sacred spot marked by the Swasthani Mandir. It was here that Parvati fasted and endured extraordinary hardships in an effort to charm a grieving Shiva to become her husband. As the story goes, Shiva was in mourning after the death of his first wife, Sati. While he was secluded the demon Tarakasura, who could only be killed by a son of Shiva, ran amok. The other...

Monkey Beach in West Mersea, England

December 14, 2020

A small stretch of West Mersea’s beach is known by the strange moniker, Monkey Beach. The reason for this curious name, as well as its adjoining Monkey Steps, is believed to have stemmed from the beach’s past. It’s believed by some that at the bottom of the steps, where it meets the beach, sat a lookout post used by a customs officer or coast guard who oversaw boats coming and going from the island. The locals, amused by the...

When Usually Solitary Octopuses Get Together, Odd...

December 14, 2020

This story is excerpted and adapted from Peter Godfrey-Smith’s Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind, published in November 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Wandering on scuba across a sandy plain populated by scallops during an exploratory dive in 2008, off the east coast of Australia, diver Matt Lawrence came across a small area where thousands of empty scallop shells were piled up and about a dozen octopuses were living. Octopuses have generally seemed very solitary...

Usuki Stone Buddhas in Usuki, Japan

December 12, 2020

The city of Usuki in Oita Prefecture is noted for its Stone Buddhas believed to date back to the 12th-century. Their origins are quite unclear, as no historical records of them have survived. According to local folklore, they were created in memory of a princess who died young, but according to archaeological evidence, this seems unlikely. There are about sixty of these Stone Buddhas, which are divided into four groups and located within the grounds of Mangetsu Temple. Carved...

How Do Stressed-Out Corals Smell?

December 11, 2020

If you are ever moved to be needlessly cruel to someone hunkered down for the winter in a dull, drafty place, you might send them a picture of Heron Island. A lush, sand-fringed freckle several hours by boat from Gladstone, Australia, it looks like a screensaver version of paradise. Adorably dour-looking black noddies perch in Pisonia trees; green and loggerhead turtles stumble from the turquoise water each year to bury their eggs in the sand. But the most astonishing...

Detangling the Devilish Origins of Scandinavia's St....

December 11, 2020

Every year, on December 13, golden-hued saffron buns bake in ovens across Scandinavia. Eating this sweet bread—known as lussebullar or lussekatter in Sweden, luciabrød in Denmark and Norway, and lucia-pullat in Finland—heralds the celebration of St. Lucia’s Day. In Sweden, eldest daughters often serve their parents buns and coffee in the morning while wearing a white gown, red sash, and a candle-lined wreath crown. The costume pays tribute to St. Lucia, a Christian martyr who died in the fourth...

Glenn Stark Park in Kingman, Kansas

December 11, 2020

On the side of the road in the small town of Kingman, Kansas, two giraffes stand in a park they share with a dinosaur snacking on a human leg, a cowboy riding parallel to train tracks, and a full cast of characters. All these statues are from the collection of Glenn Stark, a sculptor whose yard became a local attraction until his death in 2014, when many of his creations were moved to this park. The statues range from Jesus to...

Shanghai Film Park in Songjiang Qu, China

December 11, 2020

The Shanghai Film Park is a working film and television studio based around a full-scale replica of Nanjing Road, Shanghai’s famous shopping area circa the 1930s. The set recreates iconic buildings from central Shanghai such as the five-story Sincere Company department store. The streetscape was constructed for director Chen Kaige’s film, Temptress Moon with Gong Li and Leslie Cheung. The set has been reused for numerous productions over the years such as The White Countess and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor....

'Saved by a Whale’s Tail' in Spijkenisse,...

December 11, 2020

At the De Akkers metro station in Rotterdam’s suburb of Spijkenisse on November 2nd, 2020, a metro train breached the station’s end barriers and nearly plummeted over 30 feet from the elevated rails. All that saved the train and its operator was the fact the front carriage was caught and held aloft by one of two whale tail sculptures near the end of the track. The driver, the only person aboard at the time, sustained no injuries and was...

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