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Pyrgi in Pirgi, Greece

December 4, 2020

A walk through Pyrgi, an island town with a population around 1,000, is a colorful tour of geometric designs and motifs. As one of the “mastic villages” that once made the picturesque Greek island of Chios renowned and rich—the sap obtained exclusively from its mastic trees to make medicines, foods, liqueurs, and natural chewing gum was a highly valued product from the time of the ancient Greeks through the Ottoman era—it is little changed since medieval times. Mastic production...

The Coining House in Segovia, Spain

December 4, 2020

Until the mid-16th-century, Europe’s minting techniques had not progressed from ancient Greek coinage, which was struck by hand using dies and a hammer. Eventually, this method became ineffective as a large amount of bullion was imported from across the world and the mints had trouble keeping up. To solve this problem, minting machinery was invented in 1550 based on Leonardo da Vinci’s ideas and using hydraulic wheels. It was first adopted by France, followed by England in 1560, Spain, and...

Mechanical Riverfront Kingdom in Decatur, Georgia

December 4, 2020

In the congested traffic along a prominent Decatur thoroughfare, commuters may notice an unusual garden of giant metal sculptures, and a man playfully encouraging them to wake up from their lulled complacency. According the Clark Ashton, the exhibition’s sculptor and designer, the commuters are part of the “mechanical river,” and his garden, towers, and metal throne are all part of his Mechanical Riverfront Kingdom. Ashton has been creating giant metal sculptures in his yard since 1989, when we welded...

Bust of Sir Patrick Geddes in Edinburgh,...

December 4, 2020

On a stroll down Edinburgh‘s Royal Mile/High Street, visitors can see some of the world’s first skyscrapers. That part of the capital’s Old Town was once encircled with a stone wall, which meant that the only way to increase housing capacity for a growing population was to build up. But this construction occurred at a time when there were no building codes, and little thought given to sanitation or, for that matter, the enjoyment of the inhabitants. During the...

Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre in...

December 4, 2020

The Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre is located at the Oldbridge House, on a site surrounded by restored Victorian walled gardens. Traveling to this area, allows visitors to appreciate the beautiful Irish countryside. The Oldbridge House is a recently restored 18th-century mansion sitting on the banks of the River Boyne. The center provides an insight into one of the most significant battles in Irish history. Occurring in 1690, the Battle of the Boyne occurred between King William III...

An Elegy for India's Single-Screen Cinema Palaces

December 3, 2020

It was an unplanned detour that started the whole thing. On a lazy winter afternoon in January 2019, photographer Hemant Chaturvedi walked over to Allahabad University, an architectural landmark from the 1800s in the northern Indian city, to take a few images. En route, he remembered that there was an old, single-screen movie theater in the area. That’s how he ended up at Lakshmi Talkies, an Art Deco–styled cinema from the 1930s. Dilapidated after closing in 1999, the forlorn...

Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland

December 3, 2020

Starting in June 1967, Montreux Casino began to host the Montreux Jazz Festival. The annual event and featured legends such as Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, and Ella Fitzgerald. On December 4, 1971, the original Casino building burned down—during a Frank Zappa concert, after a fan set the venue on fire with a flare gun. Observing the smoke spreading over Lake Geneva, members of Deep Purple were inspired to write the hit song “Smoke on the Water.” When...

Le Mort Homme [Dead Man's Hill] in...

December 3, 2020

The Battle of Verdun was a brutal battle that lasted from February 21 to December 18, 1916. Each foot around the city of Verdun was fought over by hundreds of thousands of French and German soldiers, and more from the farthest reaches of the European empires. That’s 302 days of bloodshed, and historians still argue over how many actually died, with some estimates putting the combined total from both sides near a million. Even after the battle, technically won...

The Man Who Walked Across Japan for...

December 3, 2020

Leather sofa seats, Mod bubble lights, elderly patrons smoking at the bar, and thick slices of pizza toast: These are the elements of a typical Japanese kissaten, or kissa coffee shop. Part bar, part restaurant, and part community center, these humble, Shōwa-era cafés serve tea, coffee, alcohol, and delightfully hybrid dishes such as pizza toast. Made of inch and a half thick slices of white bread topped with tomato sauce or ketchup, processed cheese, and whatever toppings the chef...

Monument to Peter I in Saint Petersburg,...

December 3, 2020

The Russian city of Saint Petersburg was named after its founder, Peter I the Great. So it’s no coincidence that several statues featuring Peter can be found throughout the city, although this one may be the most unique. Designed by Russian sculptor Mikhail Chemiakin in the 1980s and cast in bronze in the United States, the “Monument to Peter I” was donated to the city by Chemiakin. Its body is much larger than the statues’ head, somewhat resembling the “Henry...

Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts

December 3, 2020

Visitors to this museum will get an up-close look at 17th-century Pilgrim culture. Exhibits are housed inside a grand Greek Revival building, where architecture and artwork reflect successive periods of patriotic fervor in the United States. Among the artifacts on display are William Bradford’s Bible, a 1651 depiction of Edward Winslow, a cradle from England that belonged to Mayflower-born Peregrine White, and numerous tankards, teapots, porringers, and other household items from the 1600s. The Pilgrim Society, incorporated in 1820...

Mittie Manning's Tomb in Holly Springs,...

December 3, 2020

The Mannings were typical of many families living in Holly Springs, Mississippi during the late 19th-century. Van Manning was a lawyer and former Confederate who arrived in Reconstruction Mississippi in the 1860s. His wife Mary was a local Holly Springs girl from a well-to-do family. Van built a successful legal career and later served in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1883. However, his life was filled with personal tragedies. In 1861, the Mannings lost their...

The Deadly Temptation of the Oregon Trail...

December 2, 2020

In the summer of 1846, a party of 89 emigrants was making its way westward along the 2,170-mile-long Oregon Trail. Tired, hungry, and trailing behind schedule, they decided at Fort Bridger, Wyoming to travel to their final destination of California by shortcut. The “Hastings Cutoff” they chose was an alternative route that its namesake, Lansford Hastings, claimed would shave at least 300 miles off the journey. The party believed this detour could save more than a month’s time. They...

The Rare Seeds That Escaped Syria for...

December 2, 2020

This piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. In 2014, the remaining staff of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, or ICARDA, fled their beloved gene bank in Tel Hadia, 20 miles south of Aleppo. Syria’s civil war, which had broken out three years earlier, had finally made the staffing of the facility untenable. But the scientists had already shipped off a resource of incalculable value:...

Valle Crucis Abbey in Llantysilio, Wales

December 2, 2020

Valle Crucis was founded by Prince Madog ap Gruffydd and the “White Monks” of the Cistercian order in 1201. The name Valley Crucis derives from Latin and means Valley of the Cross. The name is thought to refer to the nearby 9th-century Pillar of Eliseg. The Cistercians were known for constructing their monasteries in remote locations, which allowed them to combine an austere religious life with the farming duties needed to ensure they were self-sufficient. Like other Cistercian settlements,...

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